CVE-1999-0656 (GCVE-0-1999-0656)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-02-04 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:48
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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