Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 12, 2002· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0423

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.

Affected products

Efingerd/Efingerd3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <=1.61

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.iss.net/security_center/static/8380.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/4239nvdVendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0050.htmlnvd
melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk/~garabik/efingerd/efingerd_1.5.tar.gznvd

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