Vulnerabilities > Linux

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
1999-01-01 CVE-1999-0656 Configuration vulnerability in Linux Kernel
The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names.
network
low complexity
linux CWE-16
5.0
1999-01-01 CVE-1999-0401 Unspecified vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.2.1
A race condition in Linux 2.2.1 allows local users to read arbitrary memory from /proc files.
local
high complexity
linux
3.7
1998-12-27 CVE-1999-1285 Unspecified vulnerability in Linux Kernel
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.
local
low complexity
linux
2.1
1998-12-07 CVE-1999-1276 fte-console in the fte package before 0.46b-4.1 does not drop root privileges, which allows local users to gain root access via the virtual console device.
local
low complexity
debian linux
7.2
1998-11-18 CVE-1999-0782 KDE kppp allows local users to create a directory in an arbitrary location via the HOME environmental variable.
local
low complexity
freebsd kde linux
2.1
1998-11-18 CVE-1999-0781 KDE allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by setting the KDEDIR environmental variable to modify the search path that KDE uses to locate its executables.
local
low complexity
freebsd kde linux
7.2
1998-11-18 CVE-1999-0780 KDE klock allows local users to kill arbitrary processes by specifying an arbitrary PID in the .kss.pid file.
local
low complexity
freebsd kde linux
4.6
1998-06-30 CVE-1999-1441 Unspecified vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.0.34
Linux 2.0.34 does not properly prevent users from sending SIGIO signals to arbitrary processes, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by sending SIGIO to processes that do not catch it.
local
low complexity
linux
2.1
1998-06-22 CVE-1999-1442 Unspecified vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Bug in AMD K6 processor on Linux 2.0.x and 2.1.x kernels allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a particular sequence of instructions, possibly related to accessing addresses outside of segments.
local
low complexity
linux
7.2
1998-04-01 CVE-1999-0257 Unspecified vulnerability in Linux Kernel 2.6.20.1
Nestea variation of teardrop IP fragmentation denial of service.
network
low complexity
linux
5.0