CVE-2016-5714

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Published at: - 18-10-2017 08:29

Last modified: - 24-01-2022 05:46

Total changes: - 3

Description

Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.3 and 2016.x before 2016.4.0, and Puppet Agent 1.3.6 through 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a host whitelist protection mechanism and execute arbitrary code on Puppet nodes via vectors related to command validation, aka "Puppet Execution Protocol (PXP) Command Whitelist Validation Vulnerability."

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Low

Attack complexity

Network

Attack vector

High

Availability

High

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Privileges required

Unchanged

Scope

None

User interaction

7.2

Base score

1.2

5.9

Exploitability score

Impact score

Verification logic

vendor=puppet AND product=puppet_enterprise AND version=2015.3.3

vendor=puppet AND product=puppet_enterprise AND version=2016.1.1

vendor=puppet AND product=puppet_enterprise AND version=2016.1.2

vendor=puppet AND product=puppet_enterprise AND version=2016.2.0

vendor=puppet AND product=puppet_enterprise AND version=2016.2.1

vendor=puppet AND product=puppet_agent AND versionEndIncluding=1.7.0 AND versionStartIncluding=1.3.6

Reference

GLSA-201710-12-Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016
https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714

Keywords

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