CVE-2017-2293

Severity

55%

Complexity

80%

Confidentiality

81%

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on all managed agents. This release adds default configuration to not allow these actions. Customers who rely on this functionality can change this policy.

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on all managed agents. This release adds default configuration to not allow these actions. Customers who rely on this functionality can change this policy.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Puppet

First reported 7 years ago

2018-02-01 22:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Puppet 2016.5.1 Enterprise Edition

2016.5.1

Puppet 2016.5.2 Enterprise Edition

2016.5.2

Puppet 2017.1.0 Enterprise Edition

2017.1.0

Puppet 2017.1.1 Enterprise Edition

2017.1.1

References

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2293

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