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FreeBSD 4.1.1 Finger

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Finger /path/to/file Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment There is a bug in the remote finger service that permits anyone to read arbitrary files on this host by doing a 'finger' command on the name of targeted file. For instance : finger /etc/passwd@target Will display the content of /etc/passwd Solution : disable the finger service in /etc/inetd.conf and restart the inetd process, or upgrade your finger daemon Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 1803 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2000 Renaud Deraison

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