TI-2000-00937 Aliases CVE-2000-0947 GHSA-32j9-px4f-v6vv

Format string vulnerability in cfd daemon in GNU CFEngine before 1.6.0a11 allows…

MEDIUM 48Published 2001-01-22 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02525 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.5:::::::*	1.5	Vulnerable	GNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.5.3-4:::::::*	1.5.3-4	Vulnerable	GNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.6:a10::::::	1.6 a10	Vulnerable	GNU

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5 Vulnerable ·GNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.5.3-4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.3-4 Vulnerable ·GNU
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:cfengine:1.6:a10:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.6 a10 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2000-0947
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-32j9-px4f-v6vv

References

Patch 1

MDKSA-2000:061

Other 1

20001002 Very probable remote root vulnerability in cfengine

TI-2004-01577 Heap-based buffer overflow in the AuthenticationDialogue function in cfservd for Cfengine… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2003-00784 Buffer overflow in net.c for cfengine 2.x before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2004-01578 The AuthenticationDialogue function in cfservd for Cfengine 2.0.0 to 2.1.7p1 does not… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2005-02965 The (1) cfmailfilter and (2) cfcron.in files for cfengine 1.6.5 allow local users to… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1
TI-2005-02793 cfengine 1.6.5 and 2.1.16 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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