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CVE-1999-0656

The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by...

5.0 MediumFix available

The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names.

Exploit likelihood

1.55%Up 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names.

Record
CVE-1999-0656
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-16
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names.

Record
CVE-1999-0656
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-0639 No score

The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names.

Record
EUVD-1999-0639
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-75cj-jpmc-wm6c No score

The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by...

The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names.

Record
GHSA-75cj-jpmc-wm6c
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVAZL-34842 No score

CVE-1999-0656 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.35.1-4

The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names.

Record
AZL-34842
Updated
2026-11-05
OSVAZL-6511 No score

CVE-1999-0656 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.10.78.1-1

The ugidd RPC interface, by design, allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames by specifying arbitrary UIDs that ugidd maps to local user and group names.

Record
AZL-6511
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
kernel
Azure Linux:3
before 6.6.35.1-4
6.6.35.1-4
kernel
Azure Linux:2
before 5.10.78.1-1
5.10.78.1-1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
factsOSV
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-1999-0656 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Linux Kernel, published January 1, 1999. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.55%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in kernel 6.6.35.1-4.

References

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