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CVE-2002-1792

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Fake Identd 0.9 through 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code as root via a long request that is split into multiple packets.

Affected products

• Fake Identd: 0.9, 0.9b, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4

References

• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/284953
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9731.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5351
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/284953
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9731.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5351

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