CVE-2017-2295 (GCVE-0-2017-2295)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-07-05 15:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 20:43
VLAI
Summary
Versions of Puppet prior to 4.10.1 will deserialize data off the wire (from the agent to the server, in this case) with a attacker-specified format. This could be used to force YAML deserialization in an unsafe manner, which would lead to remote code execution. This change constrains the format of data on the wire to PSON or safely decoded YAML.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Assigner
puppet CNA
CNA scorecard – unranked: 0 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details
References
URL Tags
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2295 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3862 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98582 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Puppet Puppet server Affected: Puppet prior to 4.10.1
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Date Public
2017-05-11 00:00
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