CVE-ID

CVE-1999-0197

• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
finger 0@host on some systems may print information on some user accounts.
References
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
19990607 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (19990726)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(1) Baker
MODIFY(2) Frech, Shostack
REJECT(1) Northcutt
Comments (Legacy)
 Shostack> fingerd may respond to 'finger 0@host' with account info
 Frech> Need more reference to establish this 'exposure'.
 CHANGE> [Frech changed vote from REVIEWING to MODIFY]
 Frech> XF:finger-unused-accounts(8378)
   We're entering it into our database solely to track
   competition. The only references seem to be product listings:
   http://hq.mcafeeasap.com/vulnerabilities/vuln_data/1000.asp (1002
   Finger 0@host check)
   http://www.ipnsa.com/ipnsa_vuln.htm?step=1000 (Finger 0@host check)
   http://cgi.nessus.org/plugins/dump.php3?id=10069 (Finger zero at host
   feature)

Proposed (Legacy)
19990726
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