CVE-1999-1406

Published Jul 29, 1998

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: dumpreg in Red Hat Linux 5.1 opens /dev/mem with O_RDWR access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by redirecting fd 1 (stdout) to the kernel.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "4EF44364-0F57-4B74-81B0-501EA6B58501"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References