CVE-2004-1701 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the AuthenticationDialogue function of Cfengine versions 2.0.0 through 2.1.7p1. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted, long SAUTH command during RSA authentication. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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