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CVE-2002-2243
Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one connection at a time and does not time out connections, which allows remote…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.4%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20021205 Multiple vulnerabilities in akfingerd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6323 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- akfingerd-connect-dos(10794) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://synflood.at/akfingerd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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