CVE-2002-2244
akfingerd 0.5 - Denial of Service via Symlink to Device File
Title source: llmDescription
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 (4)
Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6324
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://synflood.at/akfingerd/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10795
Scores
EPSS
0.0023
EPSS Percentile
13.2%
Details
CWE
CWE-362
Status
published
Products (1)
akfingerd/akfingerd
0.5
Published
Dec 31, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026