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CVE-1999-1285

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-12-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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. /dev/urandom), which cannot be interrupted until the read has completed.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: through 2.1.132

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91495921611500&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1472
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91495921611500&w=2
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1472

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