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CVE-2011-2495Date: (C)2012-06-13   (M)2023-12-22


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.

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CVSS V2 Severity:
CVSS Score : 2.1
Exploit Score: 3.9
Impact Score: 2.9
 
CVSS V2 Metrics:
Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE
  
Reference:
RHSA-2011:1212
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/06/27/1
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
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=716825
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1d1221f375c94ef961ba8574ac4f85c8870ddd51

CWE    1
CWE-264
OVAL    14
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:700682
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:700653
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:500095
oval:org.secpod.oval:def:200240
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