VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-1999-1285
CVSS score2.1 NONE
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1998-12-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
Weakness classification
- nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other