CVE-1999-1441

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

First reported 26 years ago

1998-06-30 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:04:00

Affected Software

Linux Kernel 2.0.34

2.0.34

References

19980630 Serious Linux 2.0.34 security problem

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