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).
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2004-1696 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).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:00:37.248Z

Reserved: 2005-02-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2004-1702

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-08-09T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-1702

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