CVE-2017-2296

Summary

CVECVE-2017-2296
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-02-01 22:29:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-24 16:46:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Puppet Puppet 2017.1.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2017.1.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2017.2.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2017.1.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2017.1.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2017.2.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2017-2296 - RBAC and Classifier errors caused by specially crafted strings | Puppet CONFIRM puppet.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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