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

CVE-2002-0423

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

2
  • Efingerd/Efingerd2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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