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| Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.14316 |
| Category: | Gain a shell remotely |
| Title: | cfengine format string vulnerability |
| Summary: | Cfengine is running on this remote host.;; Cfengine contains a component, cfd, which serves as a remote-configuration; client to cfengine. This version of cfd contains several flaws in the; way that it calls syslog(). As a result, trusted hosts and valid users; (if access controls are not in place) can cause the vulnerable host to; log malicious data which, when logged, can either crash the server or; execute arbitrary code on the stack. In the latter case, the code would; be executed as the 'root' user. |
| Description: | Summary: Cfengine is running on this remote host. Cfengine contains a component, cfd, which serves as a remote-configuration client to cfengine. This version of cfd contains several flaws in the way that it calls syslog(). As a result, trusted hosts and valid users (if access controls are not in place) can cause the vulnerable host to log malicious data which, when logged, can either crash the server or execute arbitrary code on the stack. In the latter case, the code would be executed as the 'root' user. Solution: Upgrade to 1.6.0a11 or newer CVSS Score: 10.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2000-0947 BugTraq ID: 1757 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1757 Bugtraq: 20001002 Very probable remote root vulnerability in cfengine (Google Search) http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0004.html http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-061.php3?dis=7.1 NETBSD Security Advisory: NetBSD-SA2000-013 ftp://ftp.NetBSD.ORG/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-013.txt.asc XForce ISS Database: cfengine-cfd-format-string(5630) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5630 |
| Copyright | Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak |
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