CVE-2002-2244 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2007-10-14

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:akfingerd:akfingerd:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2002-2223	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0005.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html
http://synflood.at/akfingerd/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6324
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10795

History

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Subscriptions

Akfingerd Akfingerd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-10-14T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:59:11.513Z

Reserved: 2007-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2244

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-2244

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-362

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