cve-1999-1434
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-09-12 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 17:11
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525951&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/155
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525951&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/155
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