CVE-2002-0423

CriticalCVSS 10.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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 2.0 10.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Aug 12, 2002
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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