QID 996701

Date Published: 2024-01-15

QID 996701: Rubygems (Rubygems) Security Update for puppet (GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799)

A vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys to (1) cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a REST request to a stream that triggers a thread block, as demonstrated using CVE-2012-1986 and /dev/random; or (2) cause a denial of service (filesystem consumption) via crafted REST requests that use "a marshaled form of a Puppet::FileBucket::File object" to write to arbitrary file locations.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 6.2 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 3.5 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Github security advisory GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 996701

    CVE-2012-1987 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799 puppet URL Logo github.com/advisories/GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799
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