PT-2009-2026 · Puppet · Puppet Master Webutil

Published 2009-03-30 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-6556

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Puppet Master WebUtil version 2.3

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the whois command. This is related to the cgi-bin/webutil.pl file.

Recommendations For version 2.3, consider restricting access to the cgi-bin/webutil.pl file until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using shell metacharacters in the whois command to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-6556

Affected Products

Puppet Master Webutil

References · 6

• 🔥 http://osvdb.org/51181 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/28393 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-6556 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/489961/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41400 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49820 · Note