CVE-2016-9686

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 Medium 5.3

Description

The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker incorrectly validates message header sizes. An attacker could use this to crash the PCP Broker, preventing commands from being sent to agents. This is resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.3 and 2016.5.2.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2016-9686

Assigner
security@puppet.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2017-02-08T22:59:00

Last Modified Date
2019-07-10T15:40:36

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_enterprise::::::::	1	OR	2016.4.0	2016.4.3
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.5.1:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
LOW

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
5

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
10

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
LOW

Base Score
5.3

Base Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
1.4

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9686	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9686
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9686

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:48:51				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:46:12	2017-02-08T22:59Z	2017-02-08T22:59:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-02 13:46:12		2019-07-10T15:40:36	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-02 13:46:12		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated