PT-2000-1859 · Gnu · Gnu Cfengine

Published 2000-12-19 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2000-0947

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNU CFEngine versions prior to 1.6.0a11

Description The issue is related to a format string vulnerability in the cfd daemon. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by including format characters in the CAUTH command.

Recommendations For GNU CFEngine versions prior to 1.6.0a11, update to version 1.6.0a11 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0947

Affected Products

Gnu Cfengine

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0947 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1757 · Vendor Advisory
• http://linux-mandrake.com/en/security/MDKSA-2000-061.php3?dis=7.1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-10/0004.html · Note
• ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2000-013.txt.asc · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5630 · Note