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CVE-2002-0423

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 2002-08-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Efingerd Efingerd

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References