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CVE-2002-0423

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 exe…

Published 24 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
10.0
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.3%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.33% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/4239 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk /~garabik/efingerd/efingerd_1.5.tar.gz · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • iss.net /security_center/static/8380.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0050.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred

Sources

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