CVE
- Id
- 50407
- CVE No.
- CVE-2011-2495
- Status
- Candidate
- Description
- 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.
- Phase
- Assigned (20110615)
- Votes
- None (candidate not yet proposed)
- Comments