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CVE-1999-1285
Published: Sep 12, 2001
Modified: Aug 1, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
19981227 [patch] fix for urandom read(2) not interruptible
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
linux-random-read-dos(1472)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
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