CVE-2003-0461
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
/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 passwords.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N- EPSS score
- 0.4% (33th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2003-0455)
- Published
- August 27, 2003
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2003-0455 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
Certified products that may be affected
4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 EUS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11379-2024 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0949-2017 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0999-2016 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 OpenSSL Module, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 OpenSSL Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2441 - historical
References
- http://rsbac.dyndns.org/pipermail/rsbac/2002-May/000162.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-358
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-423(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-238.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A304
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9330
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A997
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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