Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2003-0461 First vendor Publication 2003-08-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2017-10-11

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

/proc/tty/driver/serial in Linux 2.4.x reveals the exact number of characters used in serial links, which could allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information such as the length of passwords.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0461

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:304
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:304
Title: Red Hat Linux Kernel Serial Link Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description: /proc/tty/driver/serial in Linux 2.4.x reveals the exact number of characters used in serial links, which could allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information such as the length of passwords.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2003-0461
Version: 2
Platform(s): Red Hat Linux 9
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9330
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9330
Title: /proc/tty/driver/serial in Linux 2.4.x reveals the exact number of characters used in serial links, which could allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information such as the length of passwords.
Description: /proc/tty/driver/serial in Linux 2.4.x reveals the exact number of characters used in serial links, which could allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information such as the length of passwords.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2003-0461
Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
CentOS Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:997
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:997
Title: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Kernel Serial Link Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Description: /proc/tty/driver/serial in Linux 2.4.x reveals the exact number of characters used in serial links, which could allow local users to obtain potentially sensitive information such as the length of passwords.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2003-0461
Version: 4
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 5

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 358-1 (linux-kernel-i386, linux-kernel-alpha)
File : nvt/deb_358_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 423-1 (kernel-image-2.4.17-ia64)
File : nvt/deb_423_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
10298 Linux Kernel Serial Link Information Disclosure

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-358.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-423.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2002-263.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2004-188.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
DEBIAN http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423
MISC http://rsbac.dyndns.org/pipermail/rsbac/2002-May/000162.html
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html

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