CVE-1999-0856

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1999-12-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0856, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

login in Slackware 7.0 allows remote attackers to identify valid users on the system by reporting an encryption error when an account is locked or does not exist.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0856

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