PT-2002-1477 · Effingerd · Effingerd

Published 2002-08-12 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2002-0423

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions efingerd versions 1.5 and earlier, and possibly up to 1.61

Description The issue 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.

Recommendations For efingerd versions 1.5 and earlier, and possibly up to 1.61, consider restricting access to the finger service until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the finger service to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-0423

Affected Products

Effingerd

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4239 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0423 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8380.php · Vendor Advisory
• http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/efingerd/efingerd_1.5.tar.gz · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0050.html · Note