Vulnerability in Gnome Gdm

CVE-1999-0990

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

EPSS: 0.004 (34.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnome Gdm — versions 2.0_beta4
  • N/a — versions n/a

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0990?
CVE-1999-0990 is a vulnerability in Gnome Gdm. Published 1999-12-05.
Is CVE-1999-0990 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.