PT-2002-2955 · Akfingerd · Akfingerd

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2002-2243

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Akfingerd versions 0.5 and earlier

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by opening a connection and not closing it, due to the software only allowing one connection at a time and not timing out connections.

Recommendations: For Akfingerd versions 0.5 and earlier, consider implementing a connection timeout mechanism to prevent denial of service attacks. Additionally, restricting the number of concurrent connections could help mitigate the risk. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2243

Affected Products

Akfingerd

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2243 · Security Note
• http://synflood.at/akfingerd · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10794 · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6323 · Note