CVE-1999-1341: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Linux kernel before 2.3.18 or 2.2.13pre15, with SLIP and PPP options, allows local unprivileged users to forge IP packets via the TIOCSETD option on tty devices.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.2.0, up to and including 2.2.13; from 2.3.0, before 2.3.18 (fixed in 2.3.18)

Published 1999-10-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.