PT-2002-2956 · Akfingerd · Akfingerd

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-29 · CVE-2002-2244

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/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 local users to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash. This can be achieved by creating a .plan with a symlink to /dev/urandom or another device, then disconnecting while data is being transferred. The disconnection causes a SIGPIPE error that the software cannot handle.

Recommendations: For Akfingerd versions 0.5 and earlier, consider restricting access to the .plan file to prevent the creation of symlinks to devices like /dev/urandom as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-2244

Affected Products

Akfingerd

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2244 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10795 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/6324 · Note
• http://synflood.at/akfingerd · Note
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html · Note