01 Record
CVE-2003-0461
/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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-07-25 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-06-26
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 64fe870d24e74d586ff977c74f820dce4e0e7ee0e90b75fbe9e49bd04fd23453
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:238http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-423http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:304https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A304
- rsbac.dyndns.orghttp://rsbac.dyndns.org/pipermail/rsbac/2002-May/000162.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:997https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A997
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:188http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-358http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9330https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9330