Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2018-6508 (CCN-139009)

Assigned:2018-02-01
Published:2018-02-01
Updated:2022-01-24
Summary:Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.
CVSS v3 Severity:8.0 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.0 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
9.0 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.8 High (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/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): Low
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): Partial
9.0 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-134
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2018-6508

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
103020

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
puppet-cve20186508-code-exec(139009)

Source: CCN
Type: Puppet Web site
CVE-2018-6508 - Remote code execution in Puppet Enterprise Tasks

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version >= 2017.3.0 and <= 2017.3.2)

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201865080000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-6508 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - untriaged.
    2018-02-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20186508000
    V
    		CVE-2018-6508 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - untriaged.
    2018-02-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20186508000
    V
    		CVE-2018-6508 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - untriaged.
    2018-02-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:201865080000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-6508 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - untriaged.
    2018-02-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20186508000
    V
    		CVE-2018-6508 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - untriaged.
    2018-02-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201865080000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-6508 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - untriaged.
    2018-02-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20186508000
    V
    		CVE-2018-6508 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - untriaged.
    2018-02-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201865080000000
    V
    		CVE-2018-6508 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - untriaged.
    2018-02-09
    oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20186508000
    V
    		CVE-2018-6508 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - untriaged.
    2018-02-09
    BACK
    puppet puppet enterprise *
    puppet puppet *