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Published: 21/09/1999 Updated: 09/09/2008

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 725

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

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infodrom cfingerd 1.4.2

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/651/info Under systems that allow the user to change his GECOS field from the password file and do not limit its length cfingerd is vulnerable to a local root (or nobody) buffer overflow By setting a carefully designed GECOS field it is possible to execute arbitrary code with root (or nobody ) privileges ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/651 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19504/

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