CVE-1999-1285

Published: 1998-12-27

Description

Linux 2.1.132 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by reading a large buffer from a random device (e.g. /dev/urandom), which cannot be interrupted until the read has completed.

Severity

Overall Severity: N/A

CVSS Metrics

Type Score Severity Vector

Affected Products

linux - linux_kernel

Affected Versions:

References

Neural Processor Active