CVE

CVE-1999-1434

Severity:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
13/07/1998
Last modified:
18/10/2016

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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