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: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

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

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

Link: CVE-1999-1285

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:30:45.050

Link: CVE-1999-1285

cve-icon Redhat

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