CVE-1999-1285 Information

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.

Reference

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91495921611500&w=2 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/1472