CVE-1999-1434

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…

published September 12, 2001

CVSS
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EPSS
1%
Percentile
55.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00788 · 55.7th percentile
Published
2001-09-12T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 SEP 04:00Z
    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…
    cvelistv5