CVE-2003-0849

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in net.c for cfengine 2.x before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain packets with modified length values, which is trusted by the ReceiveTransaction function when using a buffer provided by the BusyWithConnection function.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546086216984&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106485375218280&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106451047819552&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2003-11-17

Updated: 2016-10-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical