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A vulnerability was found in Akfingerd 0.5 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file /dev/urandom. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 12/31/2002 (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2002-2244. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

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..

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 (10795) and Tenable (11193). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 19885 and 19916.

Productinfo

Name

• Akfingerd

Version

• 0.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 11193
Nessus Name: akfingerd 0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

12/05/2002 🔍
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12/31/2002 +26 days 🔍
12/31/2002 +0 days 🔍
10/14/2007 +1747 days 🔍
07/04/2010 +994 days 🔍
08/06/2014 +1494 days 🔍
06/28/2021 +2518 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2002-2244 (🔍)
X-Force: 10795
Vulnerability Center: 26261 - Andreas Krennmair Akfingerd 0.5 Local DoS Vulnerability via a Symlink Attack on The .plan File, Low
SecurityFocus: 6324 - Akfingerd Local Denial Of Service Attack

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/06/2014 18:21
Updated: 06/28/2021 10:17
Changes: 08/06/2014 18:21 (50), 02/28/2017 11:32 (9), 06/28/2021 10:12 (4), 06/28/2021 10:17 (1)
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