CVE-2003-0849

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

Buffer overflow in net.c for cfengine 2.x before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain packets with modified length values, which is trusted by the ReceiveTransaction function when using a buffer provided by the BusyWithConnection function.

Buffer overflow in net.c for cfengine 2.x before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain packets with modified length values, which is trusted by the ReceiveTransaction function when using a buffer provided by the BusyWithConnection function.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

GNU Cfengine

First reported 21 years ago

2003-11-17 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:38:00

Affected Software

GNU Cfengine 2.0.0

2.0.0

GNU Cfengine 2.0.1

2.0.1

GNU Cfengine 2.0.2

2.0.2

GNU Cfengine 2.0.3

2.0.3

GNU Cfengine 2.0.4

2.0.4

GNU Cfengine 2.0.5

2.0.5

GNU Cfengine 2.0.6

2.0.6

GNU Cfengine 2.0.7

2.0.7

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