TI-2002-02156 Aliases CVE-2002-2244 GHSA-r948-xfh6-wjrw

Akfingerd 0.5 and earlier versions allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash)…

LOW 11CWE-362Published 2007-10-14 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

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

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

Summary

Akfingerd 0.5 and earlier versions allow local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a .plan with a symlink to /dev/urandom or other device, then disconnecting while data is being transferred, which causes a SIGPIPE error that Akfingerd cannot handle.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00226 13th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:akfingerd:akfingerd:0.5:::::::*	0.5	Vulnerable	Akfingerd

cpe:2.3:a:akfingerd:akfingerd:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.5 Vulnerable ·Akfingerd

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-2244
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r948-xfh6-wjrw

References

Other 2

TI-2002-02155 Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2002-02186 akfingerd 0.5 allows local users to read arbitrary files as the akfingerd user (nobody)… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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