CVE-1999-1434

Summary

CVE-1999-1434 is a vulnerability affecting Slackware Linux versions 3.2 to 3.5. The issue arises from a failure to adequately check for errors when the /etc/group file is absent. This oversight results in the login process not dropping privileges, thereby granting root access to any local user attempting to log into the server.

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