CVE-1999-0492

Summary

CVE-1999-0492 is a vulnerability affecting version 1.19 of the ffingerd daemon. This issue permits remote attackers to infer user presence on the targeted system through specific responses from the ffingerd service. The vulnerability poses a potential risk of information disclosure and could assist an attacker in further exploiting the system. Users are strongly advised to update their ffingerd installation to a patched version to mitigate this exposure.

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