[SECURITY] [DSA-066-1] cfingerd remote exploit

Package : cfingerd Problem type : remote exploit Debian-specific: no Steven van Acker reported on bugtraq that the version of cfingerd a configurable finger daemon as distributed in Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 suffers from two problems: 1. The code that reads configuration files files in which $ command...

[SECURITY] [DSA-048-1] remote cfingerd exploit

Package : cfingerd Problem type : remote printf format attack Debian-specific: no Megyer Laszlo report on Bugtraq that the cfingerd Debian as distributed with Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 was not careful in its logging code. By combining this with an off-by-one error in the code that copied the username...

cfingerd 1.4 - Format String (1)

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2576/info A format string bug in the logging facility of the cfingerd "Configurable Finger Daemon" allows remote users to attain root privileges and execute arbitrary code. cfingerd queries and logs the remote username of users of the service. If an...