CVE

Id
1265  
CVE No.
CVE-1999-1285  
Status
Candidate  
Description
Linux 2.1.132 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by reading a large buffer from a random device (e.g. /dev/urandom), which cannot be interrupted until the read has completed.  
Phase
Proposed (20010912)  
Votes
ACCEPT(2) Cole, Frech | NOOP(2) Foat, Wall  
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