CVE-1999-1434 (GCVE-0-1999-1434)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:11
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/155 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525951&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
1998-07-13 00:00
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