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CVE-2002-0423 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0050.html CVE
http://melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/efingerd/efingerd_1.5.tar.gz CVE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8380.php CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4239 CVEVendor Advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0050.html [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
efingerd efingerd
1.3
1.6.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2002-0423
NVD Published Date:
Aug 12, 2002
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2002-0423 Details - Not Deferred