[BusyBox 0001383]: login gives information on user existence

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A NOTE has been added to this issue. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1383 
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Reported By:                iggarpe
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1383
Category:                   Security
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   minor
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             06-07-2007 04:57 PDT
Last Modified:              06-07-2007 07:39 PDT
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Summary:                    login gives information on user existence
Description: 
If a non existing user is entered at the login prompt, it will return an
error, istead of asking for the password as the standard login does. This
gives information to a potential attacker about the existence of given
user in the system.

No big deal but certainly a security leak easily fixable.

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 bernhardf - 06-07-07 07:39  
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Something like the attached patch? Can you test this, please?

thanks in advance and cheers, 

Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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06-07-07 04:57  iggarpe        New Issue                                    
06-07-07 04:57  iggarpe        Status                   new => assigned     
06-07-07 04:57  iggarpe        Assigned To               => BusyBox         
06-07-07 07:39  bernhardf      Note Added: 0002460                          
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