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CVE-2002-2243 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Akfingerd 0.5 and possibly earlier versions only allows one)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2002-2243
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score5.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionAkfingerd 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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