Infodrom cfingerd 1.4.2 GECOS memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Infodrom cfingerd 1.4.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument GECOS as part of Long Argument results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-0708. Furthermore, an exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Infodrom cfingerd 1.4.2. Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument GECOS as part of a Long Argument leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in cfingerd allows local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field.

The weakness was published 09/21/1999 (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0708. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10652 (cfingerd < 1.4.4 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 31007 (cfingerd GECOS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10171), Exploit-DB (19504), Tenable (10652), SecurityFocus (BID 651†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-1959†). Similar entry is available at VDB-14304. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 10652
Nessus Name: cfingerd < 1.4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0708 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0708
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14850
X-Force: 10171
SecurityFocus: 651 - Cfingerd GECOS Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 1959 - Buffer Overflow in Martin Schulze Cfingerd 1.4.2, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/22/2014 01:19
Updated: 10/24/2025 07:07
Changes: 06/22/2014 01:19 (66), 05/12/2019 12:20 (5), 07/30/2024 20:26 (17), 10/24/2025 07:07 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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