CVE-2002-2244 in Akfingerd

Summary

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.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

• Reservation: 10/14/2007
• Disclosure: 12/31/2002
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-19886 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-362 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 4.0
• EPSS: 0.00050
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-2244
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-2244
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2002-2244/