CVE-2016-2787 describes a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise versions 2015.3.x prior to 2015.3.3, where the Puppet Communications Protocol fails to properly validate certificates for the broker node. This flaw allows unauthorized remote hosts to disrupt Puppet runs, leading to a denial of service. The attack requires no user interaction and has low attack complexity, but there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2015.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2015.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise:2015.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.