CVE-1999-1406
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 12, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Reserved
- Aug 31, 2001
Description
dumpreg in Red Hat Linux 5.1 opens /dev/mem with O_RDWR access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by redirecting fd 1 (stdout) to the kernel.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 372vdb-entry
- 19980730 FD's 0..2 and suid/sgid procs (Was: Crash a redhat 5.1 linux box)mailing-list
- 19980729 Crash a redhat 5.1 linux boxmailing-list
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