CVE-1999-1285 — LOW severity vulnerability (Linux 2.1.132 and earlier allows local users to cause a deni)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1285 |
|---|---|
| Severity | LOW |
| CVSS score | 2.1 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1998-12-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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