Package: login Version: 1:4.1.1-3 Severity: grave Tags: security Justification: user security hole
At the console login prompt, entering a username which does not exist on the system, will immediately show an error message, thus revealing that the username is in fact non-existant on the system. This dramatically reduces the time it would take to brute-force your way into a user's account. -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26.2-core2 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages login depends on: ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libpam-modules 1.0.1-2 Pluggable Authentication Modules f ii libpam-runtime 1.0.1-2 Runtime support for the PAM librar ii libpam0g 1.0.1-2 Pluggable Authentication Modules l login recommends no packages. login suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]