CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1266

Published: Jun 13, 1997 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025

CVSS 3.x

N/A

Source:

NVD

CVSS 2.x

5 MEDIUM

RedHat/V2

RedHat/V3

Ubuntu

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Additional information

NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1266
CWE	https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

rsh daemon (rshd) generates different error messages when a valid username is provided versus an invalid name, which allows remote attackers to determine valid users on the system.

Affected Software

Name	Vendor	Start Version	End Version
Metamail	Metamail_corporation	*	7.2 (including)

References

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