Published: 23/11/1999 Updated: 07/11/2023

CVSS v2 Base Score: 2.1 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 215

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Linux gpm program allows local users to cause a denial of service by flooding the /dev/gpmctl device with STREAM sockets.

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source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1377/info gpm is a program that allows Linux users to use the mouse in virtual consoles It communicates with a device, /dev/gpmctl, via unix domain STREAM sockets and is vulnerable to a locally exploitable denial of service attack If a malicious user makes too many connections to the device, it will hang ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1377 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-045.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-07/0409.html https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5010 http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=Pine.LNX.4.10.10006201453090.1812-200000%40apollo.aci.com.pl https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20026/

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