Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802231
Category:	Denial of Service
Title:	Finger Redirection Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
Summary:	The finger service on the remote host is prone to a Denial of Service (DoS); vulnerability.
Description:	Summary: The finger service on the remote host is prone to a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability. Vulnerability Insight: The flaw exists because the finger daemon allows redirecting a finger request to remote sites using the form finger 'username@hostname1@hostname2'. Vulnerability Impact: Successful exploitation will let the attacker to use this computer as a relay to gather information on a third-party network or cause a denial of service. Affected Software/OS: GNU finger is known to be affected. Other finger implementations might be affected as well. Solution: Update to GNU finger 1.37 or later. CVSS Score: 2.1 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0106 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0106
Copyright	Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG

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