CVE-2016-2785

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2785
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-10 15:59:00 UTC
Updated2021-09-09 12:56:00 UTC
DescriptionPuppet Server before 2.3.2 and Ruby puppetmaster in Puppet 4.x before 4.4.2 and in Puppet Agent before 1.4.2 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended auth.conf access restrictions by leveraging incorrect URL decoding.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-284

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Puppet Puppet 4.0.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.1.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.2.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.2.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.2.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.2.3 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.3.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.3.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.3.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.4.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 4.4.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Agent 1.4.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Server 2.0.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Server 2.1.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Server 2.1.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Server 2.1.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Server 2.2.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Server 2.3.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Server 2.3.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.0.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.1.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.2.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.2.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.2.2 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.2.3 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.3.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.3.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.3.2 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.4.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.4.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.0.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.0.0 rc3 All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.1.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.2.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.2.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.2.2 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.2.3 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.3.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.3.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.3.2 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.4.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 4.4.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Agent 1.4.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Agent 1.4.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.1.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.1.2 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.2.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.3.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.3.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.1.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.1.2 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.2.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.3.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Server 2.3.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2016-2785 - Incorrect URL Decoding | Puppet CONFIRM puppet.com Vendor Advisory
Puppet Server and Agent: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201606-02) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
(maint) merge-back for work for CVE-2016-2785 by underscorgan · Pull Request #4921 · puppetlabs/puppet · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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