Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Format string vulnerability in cfd daemon in GNU CFEngine before 1.6.0a11 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via format characters in the CAUTH command.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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).

First published (updated )
Severity
10
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

First published (updated )
Severity
2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The (1) cfmailfilter and (2) cfcron.in files for cfengine 1.6.5 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2960.

First published (updated )
Severity
2.1
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files used by vicf.in, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-3137.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.1
XSS
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.10.7, 3.11.x and 3.12.x before 3.12.3, 3.13.x, and 3.14.x allows XSS. This is fixed in 3.10.7, 3.12.3, and 3.15.0.

First published (updated )
Severity
9
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise 3.12.1 has Insecure Permissions.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise 3.15.4 before 3.15.5 has Insecure Permissions that may allow unauthorized local users to have an unspecified impact.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Northern.tech CFEngine Enterprise before 3.15.5 and 3.18.x before 3.18.1 has Insecure Permissions that may allow unauthorized local users to access the Apache and Mission Portal log files.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

The Hub in CFEngine Enterprise 3.6.7 through 3.18.0 has Insecure Permissions that allow local Information Disclosure.

First published (updated )
Severity
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CFEngine Enterprise 3.15.0 through 3.15.4 has Missing SSL Certificate Validation.

First published (updated )

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