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.
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Published : 1998-12-27 05:00
Updated : 2017-12-19 02:29
NVD link : CVE-1999-1285
Mitre link : CVE-1999-1285
CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-1285
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE