CVE-2021-27025

puppet: silent configuration failure in agent

Severity Score

6.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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'.

Se ha detectado un fallo en Puppet Agent donde el agente puede ignorar silenciosamente la configuración de Augeas o puede ser vulnerable a una condición de denegación de servicio antes del primer "pluginsync".

A configuration flaw was found in Puppet Agent where the agent silently ignores Augeas settings. This flaw allows a network attacker to cause a denial of service before the first pluginsync. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-02-09 CVE Reserved
2021-11-18 CVE Published
2023-06-11 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-665: Improper Initialization

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7	2023-11-07
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27025	2023-11-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27025	2022-12-07
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2023853	2022-12-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Puppet Search vendor "Puppet"		Puppet Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet"				>= 2021.0.0 < 2021.4.0 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet" and version " >= 2021.0.0 < 2021.4.0"		enterprise		Affected
Puppet Search vendor "Puppet"		Puppet Agent Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Agent"				< 6.25.1 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Agent" and version " < 6.25.1"		-		Affected
Puppet Search vendor "Puppet"		Puppet Agent Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Agent"				>= 5.5.0 <= 5.5.22 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Agent" and version " >= 5.5.0 <= 5.5.22"		-		Affected
Puppet Search vendor "Puppet"		Puppet Agent Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Agent"				>= 7.0.0 < 7.12.1 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Agent" and version " >= 7.0.0 < 7.12.1"		-		Affected
Puppet Search vendor "Puppet"		Puppet Enterprise Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise"				< 2019.8.9 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise" and version " < 2019.8.9"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				35 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "35"		-		Affected