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Arbitrary Code Loading Affecting puppet package, versions <5.3.7 >=5.4.0, <5.5.2

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (27th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high
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Red Hat
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-22031
  • published 17 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 8 Jun 2018
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 8 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-6515 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-94 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade puppet to versions 5.3.7, 5.5.2 or higher.

Overview

puppet is an an automated configuration management tool.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Loading. With a specially crafted configuration file an attacker could get pxp-agent to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation.

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