SB1999010101 - Configuration in Linux kernel 

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SB1999010101 - Configuration in Linux kernel

Published: January 1, 1999

Security Bulletin ID SB1999010101
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Configuration (CVE-ID: CVE-1999-0656)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names. This Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) entry is a configuration issue and not a software flaw. As such, it does not fit in the CVE software flaw list. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score for this CVE entry has been set to 0 because this CVE entry has no impact as a software flaw according to CVSS. This does not mean that the configuration issue is not important and there may be security implications relative to computers having this configuration.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References