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CVE-1999-0990

CVE information

Published

24 years ago

Last Modified

1 year ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

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Description

Error messages generated by gdm with the VerboseAuth setting allows an attacker to identify valid users on a system..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
2.1/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
Partial
Availability Impact
None
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
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