Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1406 - Unspecified vulnerability in Redhat Linux 5.1
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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OS | 1 |