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

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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
10/18/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
12/01/2017

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(s)

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

References

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