CVE-2004-1702
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
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).
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.41%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 84
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109208394910086&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12251
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-08.xml
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=387&idxseccion=10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10900
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16937
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109208394910086&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/12251
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200408-08.xml
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=387&idxseccion=10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10900
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16937
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