PT-2017-8749 · Puppet · Puppet Agent

Published 2017-12-06 · Updated 2017-12-28 · CVE-2016-5713

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 Agent versions prior to 1.6.0

Description The issue allows unauthorized code to be loaded due to the Puppet Execution Protocol (PXP) agent passing environment variables through to Puppet runs. This bug was first introduced in Puppet Agent 1.3.0.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.6.0, update to version 1.6.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5713

Affected Products

Puppet Agent

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5713 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5713 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5713 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5713 · Vendor Advisory
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5713 · Vendor Advisory