PT-2016-5218 · Puppet · Puppet+2

Camlow325 · Published 2016-06-10 · Updated 2022-05-13 · CVE-2016-2785

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Puppet Server versions prior to 2.3.2 Puppet 4.x versions prior to 4.4.2 Puppet Agent versions prior to 1.4.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging incorrect URL decoding, potentially leading to unauthorized access.

Recommendations For Puppet Server versions prior to 2.3.2, update to version 2.3.2 or later. For Puppet 4.x versions prior to 4.4.2, update to version 4.4.2 or later. For Puppet Agent versions prior to 1.4.2, update to version 1.4.2 or later.

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-2785

GHSA-PQJ5-7R86-64FV

Affected Products

Puppet

Puppet Agent

Puppet Server

References · 9

• https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/4921/commits/8d2ce797db265720f0a20d1d46ee2757b4e4f6b2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2785 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2785 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pqj5-7r86-64fv · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2785 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet · Note
• https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commits/4.4.2 · Note
• https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/6592a8166572e5f1b7d058474059b8519ec81387 · Note