CVE-2017-2296 Information

Description

In Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1 using specially formatted strings with certain formatting characters as Classifier node group names or RBAC role display names causes errors effectively causing a DOS to the service. This was resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.2.

CVSS Vector

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

Reference

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2296

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

6.5