CVE-2016-9686
Severity Score
5.3
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
-
*KEV
Decision
-
*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
El Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker valida incorrectamente tamaños de la cabecera del mensaje. Un atacante podría utilizar ésto para bloquear el PCP Broker, evitando que se envíen comandos a los agentes. Ésto está resuelto en Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.3 y 2016.5.2.
*Credits:
N/A
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2016-11-30 CVE Reserved
- 2017-02-08 CVE Published
- 2023-10-22 EPSS Updated
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation
CAPEC
References (1)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9686 | 2019-07-10 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Puppet Search vendor "Puppet" | Puppet Enterprise Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise" | >= 2016.4.0 < 2016.4.3 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise" and version " >= 2016.4.0 < 2016.4.3" | - |
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| Puppet Search vendor "Puppet" | Puppet Enterprise Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise" | 2016.5.1 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise" and version "2016.5.1" | - |
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