Vulnerability in Michael Baumer Pfinger

CVE-2002-2048

Buffer overflow in PFinger 0.7.8 client allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long query value passed to the (1) finger program, (2) -l, (3) -d, and (4) -t options. NOTE: if PFinger is not setuid or setgid, then this issue would not cross privilege boundaries and would not be considered a vulnerability.

EPSS: 0.029 (85.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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