CVE-2016-5716

The console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x prior to 2016.4.0 includes unsafe string reads that potentially allows for remote code execution on the console node.

CVSS v3.0 8.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.5 MEDIUM

8.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://puppet.com/security/cve/pe-console-oct-2016	Vendor Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.2.2:::::::*

Information

Published : 2017-08-09 07:29

Updated : 2019-07-10 08:40

NVD link : CVE-2016-5716

Mitre link : CVE-2016-5716

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

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Products Affected

puppet

puppet_enterprise

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