GNU Cfengine up to 2.1.7 AuthenticationDialogue denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in GNU Cfengine up to 2.1.7. This affects the function AuthenticationDialogue. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2004-1702. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in GNU Cfengine up to 2.1.7 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function AuthenticationDialogue. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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).

The weakness was published 08/09/2004 by CORE Security with CORE Security Technologies (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-1702 since 02/21/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 14314 (Cfengine AuthenticationDialogue() Function Remote Overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gain a shell remotely and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (16937), Tenable (14314), SecurityFocus (BID 10900†), Secunia (SA12251†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-5327†). Similar entry is available at VDB-22089. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 14314
Nessus Name: Cfengine AuthenticationDialogue() Function Remote Overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 14314
OpenVAS Name: cfengine AuthenticationDialogue vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnu.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: CORE Security
Organization: CORE Security Technologies
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-1702 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-1702
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22090
X-Force: 16937
SecurityFocus: 10900 - GNU CFEngine AuthenticationDialogue Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 12251
Vulnerability Center: 5327 - GNU Cfengine 2.0.0 - 2.1.7p1 DoS, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2015 13:16
Updated: 05/24/2019 16:48
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:16 (70), 05/24/2019 16:48 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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