CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
AI Score
Confidence
High
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
kernel/taskstats.c in the Linux kernel before 3.1 allows local users to obtain sensitive I/O statistics by sending taskstats commands to a netlink socket, as demonstrated by discovering the length of another user’s password.
git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-04/msg00021.html
secunia.com/advisories/48898
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/1
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716842
github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1a51410abe7d0ee4b1d112780f46df87d3621043