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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-2786: Puppet Server and Agent: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jun 10, 2016
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

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.

Solutions

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-puppet-agentgentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-puppetserver
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