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CVE-2016-9686

UNKNOWN
Published 2017-02-08T22:00:00
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Description

The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker incorrectly validates message header sizes. An attacker could use this to crash the PCP Broker, preventing commands from being sent to agents. This is resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.3 and 2016.5.2.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

Puppet

Puppet Enterprise

Affected Versions:

2015.3.x 2016.x prior to 2016.4.3 2016.5.1.

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

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GHSA-9pfr-f5q4-v4v8

Advisory Details

The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker incorrectly validates message header sizes. An attacker could use this to crash the PCP Broker, preventing commands from being sent to agents. This is resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.3 and 2016.5.2.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

5.0

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9686
WEB https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9686

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 14, 2022, Modified: May 14, 2022

References

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9686
Published: 2017-02-08T22:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.352Z
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