CVE-2016-9686

Summary

The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker incorrectly validates message header sizes. An attacker could use this to crash the PCP Broker, preventing commands from being sent to agents. This is resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.3 and 2016.5.2.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
PuppetPuppet Enterprise2015.3.xaffected
PuppetPuppet Enterprise2016.x prior to 2016.4.3affected
PuppetPuppet Enterprise2016.5.1.affected

Weaknesses

  • Denial of Service

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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