CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-6508

Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.

6 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 6.8 / Impact : 6.4

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

8 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103020 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2018-02-09 08:29

Updated : 2022-01-24 04:46

NVD link : CVE-2018-6508

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6508

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-134

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String