CVE-2011-2494

2011-10-0300:00:00

ubuntu.com

2.1 Low

CVSS2

Access Vector

LOCAL

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.3%

JSON

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.

Bugs

<https://launchpad.net/bugs/866021>

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu8.04noarchlinux< 2.6.24-29.95UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux< 2.6.32-35.78UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.10noarchlinux< 2.6.35-30.61UNKNOWN
ubuntu11.04noarchlinux< 2.6.38-13.52UNKNOWN
ubuntu11.10noarchlinux< 3.0.0-13.21UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-ec2< 2.6.32-319.39UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-fsl-imx51< 2.6.31-611.29UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-lts-backport-maverick< 2.6.35-30.61~lucid1UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-lts-backport-natty< 2.6.38-13.52~lucid1UNKNOWN
ubuntu10.04noarchlinux-lts-backport-oneiric< 3.0.0-13.21~lucid1UNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	8.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.24-29.95	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.32-35.78	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.10	noarch	linux	< 2.6.35-30.61	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	11.04	noarch	linux	< 2.6.38-13.52	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	11.10	noarch	linux	< 3.0.0-13.21	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-ec2	< 2.6.32-319.39	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-fsl-imx51	< 2.6.31-611.29	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-lts-backport-maverick	< 2.6.35-30.61~lucid1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-lts-backport-natty	< 2.6.38-13.52~lucid1	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	10.04	noarch	linux-lts-backport-oneiric	< 3.0.0-13.21~lucid1	UNKNOWN