PT-1999-1536 · Oracle · Solaris

Published 1999-06-10 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-1999-1023

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Solaris version 7.0

Description The issue concerns the useradd command in Solaris, which does not properly interpret certain date formats specified in the -e (expiration date) argument. This could allow users to login after their accounts have expired.

Recommendations For Solaris version 7.0, ensure that date formats are correctly interpreted by the useradd command to prevent users from logging in after their accounts have expired. Consider manually verifying account expiration dates to enforce account expiration policies until a fix is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1023

Affected Products

Solaris

References · 3

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/426 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1023 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92904175406756&w=2 · Note