CVE-2002-2243

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not time out connections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (refused connections) by opening a connection and not closing it.

Affected products

Akfingerd: 0.5

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html
http://synflood.at/akfingerd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6323
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10794
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html
http://synflood.at/akfingerd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6323
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10794

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