CVE-2016-5714 Information

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.\

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://bugs.gentoo.org/597684 https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5714 https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.2