Vulnerability in Efingerd

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 execute arbitrary code via a finger request from an IP address with a long hostname that is obtained via a reverse DNS lookup.

EPSS: 0.053 (91.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Efingerd — versions 1.3, 1.6.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

References