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critical 10.0

CVE-2004-1701 in the critical feed json

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AuthenticationDialogue function in cfservd for Cfengine 2.0.0 to 2.1.7p1 allows remote attackers to execu…

published 2004-08-09 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-1695

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
19.5%
EPSS 19.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-24361)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

19.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-24361 GNU CFEngine 2.0.x/2.1 - AuthenticationDialogue Remote Heap Buffer Overrun (2) remote, 2004-08-09
  • EDB-24360 GNU CFEngine 2.0.x/2.1 - AuthenticationDialogue Remote Heap Buffer Overrun (1) dos, 2004-08-09
  • security.gentoo.org http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-08.xml referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • coresecurity.com http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=387&idxseccion=10 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10899 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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