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CVE-2016-9686 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9686 CVEVendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9686 [email protected]Vendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-20Improper Input Validation[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
puppet puppet enterprise
>= 2016.4.0, < 2016.4.3
2016.5.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-9686
NVD Published Date:
Feb 8, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-9686 Details - Not Deferred