CVE-2017-2296

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
Description
In Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1, using specially formatted strings with certain formatting characters as Classifier node group names or RBAC role display names causes errors, effectively causing a DOS to the service. This was resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.2.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-2296
  • Assigner
  • security@puppet.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-02-01T22:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-01-24T16:46:04
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:2017.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2017.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2017.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2296 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2296
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2296
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:36:33 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 01:40:23 2018-02-01T22:29Z 2018-02-01T22:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 01:40:23 2022-01-24T16:46:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 01:40:23 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated