Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.11193
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	akfingerd <= 0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Summary:	The remote finger service appears to be vulnerable to a remote; attack which can disrupt the service of the finger daemon.;; This denial of service does not effect other services that may be running on the remote computer,; only the finger service can be disrupted.
Description:	Summary: The remote finger service appears to be vulnerable to a remote attack which can disrupt the service of the finger daemon. This denial of service does not effect other services that may be running on the remote computer, only the finger service can be disrupted. Vulnerability Insight: akfingerd version 0.5 or earlier is running on the remote host. This daemon has a history of security problems, make sure that you are running the latest version of akfingerd. Versions 0.5 and earlier of akfingerd are vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack. They are also vulnerable to several local attacks. Solution: No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one. CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-2243 BugTraq ID: 6323 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6323 Bugtraq: 20021205 Multiple vulnerabilities in akfingerd (Google Search) http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html XForce ISS Database: akfingerd-connect-dos(10794) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10794 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-2244 BugTraq ID: 6324 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6324 XForce ISS Database: akfingerd-plan-symlink-dos(10795) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10795 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2002-2274 BugTraq ID: 6325 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6325 XForce ISS Database: akfingerd-read-files(10796) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10796
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2002 Andrew Hintz

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