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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-5714: Puppet Agent: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Oct 18, 2017
Added
Oct 30, 2017
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.3 and 2016.x before 2016.4.0, and Puppet Agent 1.3.6 through 1.7.0 allow remote attackers to bypass a host whitelist protection mechanism and execute arbitrary code on Puppet nodes via vectors related to command validation, aka "Puppet Execution Protocol (PXP) Command Whitelist Validation Vulnerability."

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-puppet-agent
Title
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