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CVE-2016-2786

Published: 10 June 2016

The pxp-agent component in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 and Puppet Agent 1.3.x before 1.3.6 does not properly validate server certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof brokers and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted certificate.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
pxp-agent not in Debian/Ubuntu

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
puppet
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
upstream Needs triage

precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
wily Not vulnerable
(code not present)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H