PT-2004-3167 · Effingerd · Effingerd

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-2272

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: efFingerD version 0.2.12

Description: The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the sockFinger DataArrival function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing the daemon via a long finger command.

Recommendations: For efFingerD version 0.2.12, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using a long finger command can cause the daemon to crash. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-2272

Affected Products

Effingerd

References · 6

• http://members.lycos.co.uk/r34ct/main/efFingerD.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/11573 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-2272 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1010094 · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16097 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/5991 · Note