CVE-1999-0656

Summary

CVECVE-1999-0656
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1999-01-01 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-16 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Linux Linux Kernel All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
ca.com has moved to broadcom.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ca.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900101 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.52.1
  • 900303 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.57.1
  • 900321 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for kernel 5.10.60.1
  • 901186 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6511)
  • 903699 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3498)
  • 905935 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (3498-1)
  • 906376 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for kernel (6511-2)
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