CVE-1999-0856

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

login in Slackware 7.0 allows remote attackers to identify valid users on the system by reporting an encryption error when an account is locked or does not exist.

login in Slackware 7.0 allows remote attackers to identify valid users on the system by reporting an encryption error when an account is locked or does not exist.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

1999-12-01 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-09 12:36:00

Affected Software

Slackware Linux 7.0

7.0

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