bugtraq - Re: Solaris finger bug

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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:18:48 +0200
From: Joep Vesseur <Joep.Vesseur@....COM>
To: Jim Mellander <jmellander@....gov>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Solaris finger bug

Jim Mellander wrote:
> Does anyone know of other platforms which exhibit this odd behavior?

No, I think this is a Solaris-particular bug. I'd suggest to block
finger requests to these old[1] hosts, or turn off the finger daemon
alltogether...

Joep

[1] After all, Solaris 7  is from '98...