VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-2495
fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc/#####/io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's…
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.39.4 does not properly restrict access to /proc/#####/io files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by polling a file, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user's password.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716825
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51Exploit, Patch
- http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.39.4
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1212.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716825
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51Exploit, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.