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TI-2002-00408 Aliases CVE-2002-0423GHSA-9422-v7w3-rvrq

Buffer overflow in efingerd 1.5 and earlier, and possibly up to 1.61, allows remote…

Priority MEDIUM 51Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05332 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3VulnerableEfingerd
cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.6.1VulnerableEfingerd
  • cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3 Vulnerable ·Efingerd
  • cpe:2.3:a:efingerd:efingerd:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.6.1 Vulnerable ·Efingerd

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-0423
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9422-v7w3-rvrq

References

Patch 1

Other 2

  • TI-2002-00409 efingerd 1.61 and earlier, when configured without the -u option, executes .efingerd… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6

Sources

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