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CVE-1999-1285

LOW CVSS: 2.1 Published: 1998-12-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References