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.
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Published : 1998-07-28 21:00
Updated : 2016-10-17 19:04
NVD link : CVE-1999-1406
Mitre link : CVE-1999-1406
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