Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql package, versions <5.3.0-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-PUPPETMODULEPUPPETLABSMYSQL-1557483
  • published9 Feb 2018
  • disclosed9 Feb 2018

Introduced: 9 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6508  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-134  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql to version 5.3.0-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql package and not the puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.