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CVE-2016-5714

Date: October 18, 2017

Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.3 and 2016.x before 2016.4.0, and Puppet Agent 1.3.6 through 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a host whitelist protection mechanism and execute arbitrary code on Puppet nodes via vectors related to command validation, aka "Puppet Execution Protocol (PXP) Command Whitelist Validation Vulnerability."

Severity Score

Related Resources (7)

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714
https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12
https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5714
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5714
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-5714

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): HIGH
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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