CVE-2017-10689 (GCVE-0-2017-10689)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-09 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:20
VLAI
Summary
In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Incorrect Permission Handling
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3567-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Puppet Puppet Enterprise Affected: prior to 2016.4.10 or 2017.3.4
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Puppet Puppet Agent Affected: prior to 5.3.4 or 1.10.10
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Date Public
2018-02-05 00:00
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