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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…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
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).
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 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
- 12251 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- cfengine-cfservd-dos(16937) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 10900 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200408-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
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