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GHSA-GF33-X5H5-M638

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-30 18:12 – Updated: 2022-04-30 18:12

Details

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.

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  "id": "GHSA-gf33-x5h5-m638",
  "modified": "2022-04-30T18:12:28Z",
  "published": "2022-04-30T18:12:28Z",
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CVE-1999-1434 (GCVE-0-1999-1434)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:11

Summary

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

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Assigner

mitre

References

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	http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525951&w=2	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

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Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-GF33-X5H5-M638

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

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