Vulnerability in Gnu Cfengine
CVE-2004-1702
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).
EPSS: 0.024 (82.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gnu Cfengine — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_GENTOO, Vendor Advisory)