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CVE-1999-1434
published 1998-07-13

CVE-1999-1434: 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…

PriorityP422high7.2CVSS 2.0
AVLACLAuNCCICAC
EXPLOIT
EPSS
0.79%
51.6th percentile
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.

Affected

5 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
slackwareslackware_linux——
slackwareslackware_linux——
slackwareslackware_linux——
slackwareslackware_linux——
slackwareslackware_linux——
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