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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1266 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:01.463Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1285

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1998-12-27T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1285

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