Denial of Service Vulnerability in netcfg 2.16-1 in Red Hat Linux 4.2

Denial of Service Vulnerability in netcfg 2.16-1 in Red Hat Linux 4.2

CVE-1999-1331 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

netcfg 2.16-1 in Red Hat Linux 4.2 allows the Ethernet interface to be controlled by users on reboot when an option is set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by shutting down the interface.

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