Akfingerd 0.5 Connection denial of service

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A vulnerability has been found in Akfingerd 0.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Connection Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not time out connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused connections) by opening a connection and not closing it.

The weakness was published 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2002-2243 since 10/14/2007. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11193 (akfingerd 0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context r.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10794) and Tenable (11193). Similar entries are available at 19886 and 19916.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
ATT&CK: T1499

Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 11193
Nessus Name: akfingerd 0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 11193
OpenVAS Name: akfingerd
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12/05/2002 🔍
12/12/2002 +7 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +19 days 🔍
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10/14/2007 +1748 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +2488 days 🔍
04/22/2019 +1720 days 🔍

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Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
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CVE: CVE-2002-2243 (🔍)
X-Force: 10794
SecurityFocus: 6323 - Akfingerd Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

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Created: 08/06/2014 18:21
Updated: 04/22/2019 21:12
Changes: 08/06/2014 18:21 (58), 04/22/2019 21:12 (5)
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