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.
Published: 2003-04-02
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: 3.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2002-0420 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.
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Efingerd Efingerd
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:49:28.360Z

Reserved: 2002-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-0423

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2002-08-12T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2002-0423

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