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cfengine format string vulnerability

Vulnerability Assessment Summary check for cfengine flaw based on its version Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment 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 Network Security Threat Level: High Networks Security ID: 1757 Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

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