CVE-2003-0849

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

GNU Cfengine: 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5 (+11)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106451047819552&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106485375218280&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546086216984&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106451047819552&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106485375218280&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546086216984&w=2

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