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CVE-2016-5714

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."

Published

2017-10-18T18:29:00.360

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	2015.3.3	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	2016.1.1	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	2016.1.2	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	2016.2.0	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	2016.2.1	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_agent	≤ 1.7.0	Yes

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)