Remote Code Execution Affecting puppet package, versions <2.6.18 >=2.7.0, <2.7.21 >=3.0.0, <3.1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.35% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-20323
  • published 28 Feb 2017
  • disclosed 28 Feb 2013
  • credit Puppet Labs

How to fix?

Upgrade puppet to version 2.6.18 or higher.

Overview

puppet is an automated configuration management tool. Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution when using the default configuration or when enabling puppet kick. An authenticated agent could craft an HTTP PUT request to run arbitrary code on the master.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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NVD

6.3 medium