Vulnerability CVE-2017-2293

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-2293 (CCN-138615)

Assigned:

2016-12-01

Published:

2017-05-11

Updated:

2022-01-24

Summary:

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on all managed agents. This release adds default configuration to not allow these actions. Customers who rely on this functionality can change this policy.

CVSS v3 Severity:

4.9 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
4.3 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): High User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

4.9 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
4.3 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): High User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

CVSS v2 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

6.8 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): None