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CVE-1999-1441

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1998-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.0.34

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103126047&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/111
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221103126047&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/111

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