login in Slackware Linux 3.2 through 3.5 does not properly check for an error when the /etc/group file is missing, which prevents it from dropping privileges, causing it to assign root privileges to any local user who logs on to the server.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.255Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1434

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1998-07-13T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:31:06.537

Link: CVE-1999-1434

cve-icon Redhat

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