Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in efingerd 1.5 and Earlier Allows Remote Code Execution

CVE-2002-0423 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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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