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| Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.10126 |
| Category: | Finger abuses |
| Title: | in.fingerd pipe |
| Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
| Description: | Description: It is possible to force the remote finger daemon to execute arbitrary commands by issuing requests like : finger pipe symbol command_to_execute@target An attacker may use this bug to gain a shell on this host. Solution : Disable your finger daemon if you do not use it (comment out the 'finger' line in /etc/inetd.conf and restart the inetd process) or apply the latest patches from your vendor. Risk factor : High |
| Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-1999-0152 Bugtraq: 19970811 dgux in.fingerd vulnerability (Google Search) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0152 XForce ISS Database: dgux-fingerd |
| Copyright | This script is Copyright (C) 1999 Renaud Deraison |
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