PT-2018-17603 · Puppet · Facter+1

Published 2018-06-11 · Updated 2018-08-02 · CVE-2018-6514

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Puppet Agent versions 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13 Puppet Agent versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7 Puppet Agent versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2

Description The issue concerns a DLL preloading attack that could lead to a privilege escalation. This attack is related to Facter on Windows.

Recommendations For Puppet Agent versions 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, update to version 1.10.13 or later. For Puppet Agent versions 5.3.x prior to 5.3.7, update to version 5.3.7 or later. For Puppet Agent versions 5.5.x prior to 5.5.2, update to version 5.5.2 or later.

Fix

Untrusted Search Path

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-426

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6514

Affected Products

Facter

Puppet Agent

References · 3

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6514 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6514 · Security Note
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6514 · Vendor Advisory