CVE-1999-0990

Published Dec 5, 1999

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: Error messages generated by gdm with the VerboseAuth setting allows an attacker to identify valid users on a system.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "FA0A11C1-AF35-4006-A5BA-634B814DAC73"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References