CVE-2018-6508 (GCVE-0-2018-6508)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-09 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:55
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Summary
Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.
Severity
8.0 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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-2018-6508 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103020 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Impacted products
Date Public
2018-02-05 00:00
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