Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-5713 (CCN-136088)

Assigned:2016-08-11
Published:2016-08-11
Updated:2017-12-28
Summary:Versions of Puppet Agent prior to 1.6.0 included a version of the Puppet Execution Protocol (PXP) agent that passed environment variables through to Puppet runs. This could allow unauthorized code to be loaded. This bug was first introduced in Puppet Agent 1.3.0.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
2.5 Low (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N)
2.2 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): High
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
1.0 Low (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-94
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-5713

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
puppet-cve20165713-sec-bypass(136088)

Source: CCN
Type: Puppet Web site
CVE-2016-5713 - Environment Leakage in pxp-module-puppet

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-5713

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 1.3.0 and < 1.6.0)

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20165713000
    V
    		CVE-2016-5713 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.
    2017-12-06
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20165713000
    V
    		CVE-2016-5713 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.
    2017-12-06
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20165713000
    V
    		CVE-2016-5713 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2017-12-06
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201657130000000
    V
    		CVE-2016-5713 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.
    2017-12-06
    BACK
    puppet puppet agent *