CVE-1999-1406 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1387	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00081.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526185&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526192&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/372

History

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Subscriptions

Redhat Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.377Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1406

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-07-29T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1406

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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