Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package puppet (opens in a new tab)
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- published19 Aug 2020
- disclosed8 Feb 2017
Introduced: 8 Feb 2017
CVE-2016-9686 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream puppet package and not the puppet package as distributed by Debian.
The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker incorrectly validates message header sizes. An attacker could use this to crash the PCP Broker, preventing commands from being sent to agents. This is resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.3 and 2016.5.2.