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Ubuntu: USN-3567-1 (CVE-2017-10689): Puppet vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3567-1 (CVE-2017-10689): Puppet vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
02/09/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/13/2018
Modified
03/25/2022

Description

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-puppet-common

References

  • USN-3567-1
  • USN-4804-1
  • CVE-2017-10689

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