QID 376122

Date Published: 2021-12-09

QID 376122: Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Agent Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability

Puppet is IT automation software that helps system administrators manage infrastructure throughout its lifecycle, from provisioning and configuration to orchestration and reporting.

A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent where the agent may silently ignore Augeas settings or may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service condition prior to the first pluginsync

Affected Versions:
Puppet Enterprise prior to 2019.8.9
Puppet Enterprise prior to 2021.4.0
Puppet Agent prior to 6.25.1
Puppet Agent prior to 7.12.1
Puppet Agent 5.5.x

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow attackers to cause Denial of Service attack.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4 severity.
    • Solution
    Updates to fix these vulnerability are available and its advised to upgrade to the latest version of the software. The latest version can be downloaded from here.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 376122

    CVE-2021-27025 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    cve-2021-27025 URL Logo puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27025
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