CVE-1999-1434

N/A

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published7/13/1998

Last Modified4/16/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

slackware:slackware_linux

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525951&w=2(cve@mitre.org)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/155(cve@mitre.org)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525951&w=2(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/155(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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