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CVE-1999-1434

No fix known EPSS <1%

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.

Published 2001-09-12 · CVE record · OSV

Products: slackware_linux