Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 23 Jul 2003 03:35:05 -0700 | From | "David S. Miller" <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.22-pre7: are security issues solved? |
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On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 19:56:47 +1000 Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au> wrote:
> Aschwin Marsman <a.marsman@aynik.com> wrote: > > > >> CAN-2003-0461: /proc/tty/driver/serial reveals the exact character counts > >> for serial links. This could be used by a local attacker to infer password > >> lengths and inter-keystroke timings during password entry. > > What's the problem with exposing those counters?
If I know your password is 7 characters I have a smaller space of passwords to search to just brute-force it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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