CVE-2004-0317

Buffer overflow in eauth in Load Sharing Facility 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x allows local users or remote attackers within the LSF cluster to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long LSF_From_PC parameter.

Published: 2004-11-23 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0317 is rated High Risk (73.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.74%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.90% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0317

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 2.84% 4.74% +1.90%
2 2025-03-30 3.91% 2.84% -1.07%
3 2025-03-29 3.91%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0317

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0317

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0317

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
platform lsf 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platform lsf 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platform lsf 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platform lsf 5.1 cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
platform lsf 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:platform:lsf:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0317

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