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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.377Z
Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1406

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Status : Deferred
Published: 1998-07-29T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-1999-1406

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