CVE-2002-0423

Critical

Description

Buffer overflow in efingerd 1.5 and earlier, and possibly up to 1.61, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a finger request from an IP address with a long hostname that is obtained via a reverse DNS lookup.

SeverityCritical
CVSS10.0
Exploit probability—
ProductEfingerd
PublishedAug 12, 2002
First seenAug 12, 2002

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
efingerd efingerd1.3, 1.6.1—

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