CVE-1999-1406 — LOW severity vulnerability (dumpreg in Red Hat Linux 5.1 opens /dev/mem with O_RDWR acce)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1406 |
|---|---|
| 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 | 1998-07-29 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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