CVE-2011-2494

Public on 2011-12-02
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description
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.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.1
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2011-12-02 ALAS-2011-26 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2011-2494 Mitre: CVE-2011-2494