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Akfingerd 0.5 and earlier versions allow local users to...

Low severity Unreviewed Published Apr 30, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 31, 2002
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 30, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.042%
(5th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2002-2244

GHSA ID

GHSA-r948-xfh6-wjrw

Source code

No known source code

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