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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 5, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0990

CVE-1999-0990

Description

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

Affected products

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GNOME Foundation/Gdm
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.0_beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0990nvd

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