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fingerd buffer overflow
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Finger abuses
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Mitigation
Created
Created
18 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The scanner was able to crash the remote finger daemon by sending a too long request.
Solution
Solution
Disable your finger daemon, apply the latest patches from your vendor, or a safer software.