PT-1998-1205 · Red Hat · Red Hat

Published 1998-07-29 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1406

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Linux version 5.1

Description The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by crashing the system. This is achieved by redirecting the stdout to the kernel, exploiting the fact that dumpreg opens /dev/mem with O RDWR access.

Recommendations For Red Hat Linux version 5.1, consider restricting access to the dumpreg utility to prevent unauthorized users from exploiting this issue. As a temporary workaround, avoid using dumpreg to open /dev/mem with O RDWR access until a patch is available.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1406

Affected Products

Red Hat

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1406 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526192&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104526185&w=2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/372 · Note