CVE-2002-2244

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

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 products

Akfingerd: 0.5

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html
http://synflood.at/akfingerd/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6324
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10795
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0049.html
http://synflood.at/akfingerd/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6324
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10795

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