CVE-2004-1702 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Cfengine versions 2.0.0 through 2.1.7p1. The AuthenticationDialogue function in cfservd fails to properly handle the return value of ReceiveTransaction, leading to a null dereference after a failed memory allocation. This allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the service. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| 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:N/I:N/A:P
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