PT-2016-5219 · Puppet · Puppet Agent+1

Published 2016-06-10 · Updated 2022-01-24 · CVE-2016-2786

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 Enterprise versions 2015.3.x through 2015.3.2 Puppet Agent versions 1.3.x through 1.3.5

Description The issue is related to the improper validation of server certificates by the pxp-agent component. This might allow remote attackers to spoof brokers and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted certificate.

Recommendations For Puppet Enterprise versions 2015.3.x through 2015.3.2, update to version 2015.3.3 or later. For Puppet Agent versions 1.3.x through 1.3.5, update to version 1.3.6 or later.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-2786

Affected Products

Puppet Agent

Puppet Enterprise

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2786 · Security Note
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2786 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/25764 · Telegram Post