CVE-1999-0259

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 affected service. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to enumeration of user accounts, potentially facilitating further attacks. It is recommended that affected systems be updated to a version of cfingerd that addresses this vulnerability.

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