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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-2785: Puppet Server and Agent: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-2785: Puppet Server and Agent: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/10/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Puppet Server before 2.3.2 and Ruby puppetmaster in Puppet 4.x before 4.4.2 and in Puppet Agent before 1.4.2 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended auth.conf access restrictions by leveraging incorrect URL decoding.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-puppet-agent
  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-puppetserver

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