CVE-2004-1701

critical

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16935

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2004-1695

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10899

http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=387&idxseccion=10

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-08.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/12251

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110886670528775&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109208394910086&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-08-09

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H