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server monitoring
Finger redirection check
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Article ID: 10073
Last updated: 27 Jan, 2009
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Views: 423
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Posted: 22 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
Updated: 27 Jan, 2009
by: Tech Pubs S.
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Finger redirection check |
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| This script is Copyright (C) 2007 Tenable Network Security, Inc |
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| Family | Finger abuses |
| Plugin ID | 10073 |
| Bugtraq ID |
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| CVE ID | CVE-1999-0105
CVE-1999-0106
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| Description: |
Synopsis :
It is possible to use the remote host to perform third-party host scans.
Description :
The remote finger service accepts to redirect requests. That is,
users can perform requests like :
finger user@host@victim
This allows an attacker to use this computer as a relay to gather
information on a third-party network.
Solution :
Disable the remote finger daemon (comment out the finger line in
/etc/inetd.conf and restart the inetd process) or upgrade it to a more
secure one.
Risk factor :
Medium / CVSS Base Score : 5.0
(CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N) |
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