FKIE_CVE-1999-0656

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 1999-01-01 05:00 - Updated: 2025-04-03 01:03
Severity ?
Summary
The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://ca.com/au/securityadvisor/vulninfo/Vuln.aspx?ID=1638
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/348
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ca.com/au/securityadvisor/vulninfo/Vuln.aspx?ID=1638
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/348
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
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  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "155AD4FB-E527-4103-BCEF-801B653DEA37",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
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          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names."
    }
  ],
  "evaluatorImpact": "This Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry is a configuration issue and not a software flaw. As such, it doesn\u2019t fit in the CVE software flaw list. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score for this CVE entry has been set to 0 because this CVE entry has no impact as a software flaw according to CVSS. This does not mean that the configuration issue is not important and there may be security implications relative to computers having this configuration.",
  "id": "CVE-1999-0656",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 5.0,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
        "impactScore": 2.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "1999-01-01T05:00:00.000",
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      "url": "http://ca.com/au/securityadvisor/vulninfo/Vuln.aspx?ID=1638"
    },
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    },
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    },
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      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
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  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "weaknesses": [
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-16"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
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    }
  ]
}


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