Vulnerability in GNU CFEngine (CVE-2000-0947)
Summary
Vulnerability in GNU CFEngine (CVE-2000-0947). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2000-0947 has been found in GNU CFEngine.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "GNU CFEngine CVE-2000-0947" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2000-0947 (GNU CFEngine)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in GNU CFEngine.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of GNU CFEngine.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで GNU CFEngine を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- patch linux-mandrake.com
- patch securityfocus.com
- web ftp.NetBSD.ORG
- web archives.neohapsis.com
- web exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com