CVE-2017-2296 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Puppet Enterprise versions 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1. Specially crafted strings used in Classifier node group names or RBAC role display names can trigger errors, leading to a service disruption. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and requires low privileges, resulting in high availability impact. There is no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE. The vendor released a fix in Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.2.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2017.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2017.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2017.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2017.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2017.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2017.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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