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CVE-2001-0735 (GCVE-0-2001-0735)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-10-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:30
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Summary
Buffer overflow in cfingerd 1.4.3 and earlier with the ALLOW_LINE_PARSING option enabled allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long line in the .nofinger file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2914 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-066 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/0107112019… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/192844 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2001-06-21 00:00
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