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CVE-1999-0990 — LOW severity vulnerability (Error messages generated by gdm with the VerboseAuth setting)

Error messages generated by gdm with the VerboseAuth setting allows an attacker to identify valid users on a system.

CVE IDCVE-1999-0990
SeverityLOW
CVSS score2.1
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1999-12-05
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionError messages generated by gdm with the VerboseAuth setting allows an attacker to identify valid users on a system.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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