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$ cve CVE-2004-1701 JSON

CVE-2004-1701 EXPLOIT

10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 19.5% (pctl 97)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS10.0 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS19.51% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2004-08-09
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
gnucfengine

Public exploits

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD