SB2017021306 - Improper access control in Puppet Enterprise
Published: February 13, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017021306
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2787)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
The Puppet Communications Protocol in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 does not properly validate certificates for the broker node, which allows remote non-whitelisted hosts to prevent runs from triggering via unspecified vectors.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.