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cfengine AuthenticationDialogue vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Cfengine is running on this remote host. cfengine cfservd is reported prone to a remote heap-based buffer overrun vulnerability. The vulnerability presents itself in the cfengine cfservd AuthenticationDialogue() function. The issue exists due to a lack of sufficient boundary checks performed on challenge data that is received from a client. In addition, cfengine cfservd is reported prone to a remote denial of service vulnerability. The vulnerability presents itself in the cfengine cfservd AuthenticationDialogue() function which is responsible for processing SAUTH commands and also performing RSA based authentication. The vulnerability presents itself because return values for several statements within the AuthenticationDialogue() function are not checked.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to 2.1.8 or newer.