cve-1999-0856
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2000-06-02 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 16:55
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94416739411280&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=94416739411280&w=2
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