low2.1
CVE-1999-1406
dumpreg in Red Hat Linux 5.1 opens /dev/mem with O_RDWR access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by redirecting fd 1 (stdout) to t…
Impact
dumpreg in Red Hat Linux 5.1 opens /dev/mem with O_RDWR access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) by redirecting fd 1 (stdout) to the kernel.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Linux | Version 5.1 |