[kernel-sec-discuss] r2539 - active

Michael Gilbert gilbert-guest at alioth.debian.org
Sat Nov 5 13:51:46 UTC 2011


Author: gilbert-guest
Date: 2011-11-05 13:51:41 +0000 (Sat, 05 Nov 2011)
New Revision: 2539

Added:
   active/CVE-2011-XXXX-keystroke-delay-and-count-infoleak
Log:
new issue

Added: active/CVE-2011-XXXX-keystroke-delay-and-count-infoleak
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--- active/CVE-2011-XXXX-keystroke-delay-and-count-infoleak	                        (rev 0)
+++ active/CVE-2011-XXXX-keystroke-delay-and-count-infoleak	2011-11-05 13:51:41 UTC (rev 2539)
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Description: 
+ /proc/$PID/{sched,schedstat} are world readable, so it is possible collect 
+ keystroke count and delay of other users, then use statistical analysis to 
+ recreate the actual keys entered
+References: http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/05/3
+Notes:
+Bugs:
+upstream: needed
+2.6.32-upstream-stable: needed
+sid: needed
+2.6.26-lenny-security: needed
+2.6.32-squeeze-security: needed




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