CVE

Id
105  
CVE No.
CVE-1999-0105  
Status
Candidate  
Description
finger allows recursive searches by using a long string of @ symbols.  
Phase
Proposed (19990726)  
Votes
MODIFY(3) Baker, Frech, Shostack | NOOP(1) Christey | REJECT(1) Northcutt  
Comments
Shostack> fingerD | Frech> XF:finger-bomb | Christey> aka redirection or forwarding requests? (but then might | overlap CVE-1999-0106) | Baker> should change description to indicate the recursive searching can consume enough system resources to cause a DoS.