CVE-2012-1987 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15, 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and various Puppet Enterprise versions before 2.5.1. This flaw allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys to cause denial-of-service conditions. Specifically, attackers can trigger memory exhaustion via REST requests to a streaming endpoint or achieve filesystem consumption by writing to arbitrary locations using crafted Puppet::FileBucket::File objects. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 3.5, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial availability impact, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2.6.0, < 2.6.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.0, < 2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
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