CVE-2004-1701
Heap-based buffer overflow in the AuthenticationDialogue function in cfservd for Cfengine 2.0.0 to 2.1.7p1 allows remote attackers to…
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Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the AuthenticationDialogue function in cfservd for Cfengine 2.0.0 to 2.1.7p1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long SAUTH command during RSA authentication.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Exploit-DB2 entries
- GNU CFEngine 2.0.x/2.1 - AuthenticationDialogue Remote Heap Buffer Overrun (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24360dos, linuxpublished 9 Aug 2004Verified
- GNU CFEngine 2.0.x/2.1 - AuthenticationDialogue Remote Heap Buffer Overrun (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 24361remote, linuxpublished 9 Aug 2004Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 19.5% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=387&idxseccion=10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20040809 CORE-2004-0714: Cfengine RSA Authentication Heap Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- cfengine-cfservd-command-execution(16935) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 10899 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 12251 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20050219 cfengine rsa heap remote exploit: part of PTjob project (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200408-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-1695 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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