CVE-2016-2786

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
The pxp-agent component in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 and Puppet Agent 1.3.x before 1.3.6 does not properly validate server certificates, which might allow remote attackers to spoof brokers and execute arbitrary commands via a crafted certificate.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2786
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-06-10T15:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-01-24T16:46:02
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2786 Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02 Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2786
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2786
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:36:34 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:51:26 2016-06-10T15:59Z 2016-06-10T15:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:51:26 2022-01-24T16:46:02 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:51:26 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated