CVE-1999-0990 Information disclosure in n/a
Low 2.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-0990 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-1999-0990 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0990 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0990/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0990/index.md)
An attacker can identify valid system users by analyzing verbose authentication error messages from the GNOME Display Manager.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-0990?
CVE-1999-0990 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Feb 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Error messages generated by gdm with the VerboseAuth setting allows an attacker to identify valid users on a system.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0990?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Gnome Gdm.
How do I fix CVE-1999-0990?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0990 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-0990 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0990 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4v4f-rw7f-997r.