CVE-2016-9686 describes a vulnerability in the Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker where it fails to properly validate message header sizes, affecting Puppet Enterprise. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely crash the PCP Broker, leading to a denial of service by preventing command delivery to agents. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 5.3), there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 2016.4.0, < 2016.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2016.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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