CVE-2013-1049

critical

Published 2013-03-14 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

10.0

VIR risk

10.0

Description

Buffer overflow in the RFC1413 (ident) client in cfingerd 1.4.3-3 allows remote IDENT servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted response.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1049

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@ubuntu.com — https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cfingerd/+bug/1104425

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@ubuntu.com — http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2635

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1.4.3-3.1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1.4.3-3.1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1.4.3-3.1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1.4.3-3.1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1.4.3-3.1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
debian	cfingerd	`1.4.3-3`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.