CVE-1999-1406

The CVE-1999-1406 issue concerns the dumpreg utility in Red Hat Linux 5.1, which opens /dev/mem with O_RDWR. The underlying effect is that a local user can crash the kernel by redirecting stdout (fd 1) to the kernel, enabling a denial of service. The available documents confirm the affected compo...

CVE-1999-1406: Undefined Security Weakness

dumpreg in Red Hat Linux 5.1 opens /dev/mem with ORDWR access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service crash by redirecting fd 1 stdout to the kernel...