fkie_cve-1999-1434
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
1998-07-13 04:00
Modified
2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
login in Slackware Linux 3.2 through 3.5 does not properly check for an error when the /etc/group file is missing, which prevents it from dropping privileges, causing it to assign root privileges to any local user who logs on to the server.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| slackware | slackware_linux | 3.1 | |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 3.2 | |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 3.3 | |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 3.4 | |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 3.5 |
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"id": "CVE-1999-1434",
"lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
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"accessVector": "LOCAL",
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"baseScore": 7.2,
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"integrityImpact": "COMPLETE",
"vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
"version": "2.0"
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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