CVE-1999-1285 - 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

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

Published Sep 12, 2001

No CVSS score

EPSS 0.34%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91495921611500&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1472
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91495921611500&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1472		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 12, 2001

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

Link CVE-1999-1285

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-1285

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-1999-1285