CVE-1999-0259

CVSS 2.0 Score 5.0 of 10 (medium)

Details

Published May 23, 1997
Updated: Nov 20, 2024

Summary

CVE-1999-0259 is a vulnerability affecting the cfingerd daemon. This issue allows an unauthenticated attacker to retrieve a list of all users on a targeted system by sending a specially crafted search request to the daemon. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to significant information disclosure, potentially facilitating further attacks. It is recommended that affected systems be updated to a version of cfingerd that addresses this issue.

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