CVE-2004-1702

cfengine 2.0.0-2.1.7p1 - Denial of Service via AuthenticationDialogue Null Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The AuthenticationDialogue function in cfservd for Cfengine 2.0.0 to 2.1.7p1 does not properly check the return value of the ReceiveTransaction function, which leads to a failed malloc call and triggers to a null dereference, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash).

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=387&idxseccion=10
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109208394910086&w=2
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/12251
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10900
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-08.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16937

Scores

EPSS 0.0175
EPSS Percentile 82.8%

Details

Status published
Products (11)
gnu/cfengine 2.0.0
gnu/cfengine 2.0.1
gnu/cfengine 2.0.2
gnu/cfengine 2.0.3
gnu/cfengine 2.0.4
gnu/cfengine 2.0.5 (4 CPE variants)
gnu/cfengine 2.0.6
gnu/cfengine 2.0.7 (4 CPE variants)
gnu/cfengine 2.0.8 (2 CPE variants)
gnu/cfengine 2.1.0 a6 (3 CPE variants)
... and 1 more
Published Aug 09, 2004
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026