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).
2004-08-09T04:00:00.000
2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Deferred
CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
---|---|---|---|---|
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.0 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.1 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.2 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.3 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.4 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.5 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.5 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.5 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.5 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.6 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.7 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.7 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.7 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.7 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.8 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.0.8 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.1.0 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.1.0 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.1.0 | Yes |
Application | gnu | cfengine | 2.1.7 | Yes |