CVE-2002-2244

Published: Dec 31, 2002Modified: Apr 16, 2026

2.1

Vector

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

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Akfingerd: Akfingerd

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Akfingerd Akfingerd	Version 0.5

Related CWEs

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (8)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://synflood.at/akfingerd/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6324

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10795

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://synflood.at/akfingerd/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6324

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10795

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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