CVE-2003-0461

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

/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.

/proc/tty/driver/serial en Linux 2.4.x revela el número exacto de caractéres usado en enlaces serie, lo que podría permitir a usuarios locales obtener información potencialmente sensible como la longitud de las contraseñas.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2003-06-26 CVE Reserved
2003-07-25 CVE Published
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (10)

URL	Tag	Source
http://rsbac.dyndns.org/pipermail/rsbac/2002-May/000162.html	X_refsource_misc
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A304	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9330	Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A997	Signature

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.html	2017-10-11

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358	2017-10-11
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html	2017-10-11
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0461	2004-05-12
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617037	2004-05-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				7.1 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "7.1"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				7.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "7.2"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				7.3 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "7.3"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux"				9.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Linux" and version "9.0"		-		Affected