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ubuntu-cve-2017-10689

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-12-31 00:00

Modified

2025-07-16 04:52

Summary

Details

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10689	REPORT
	https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3567-1	ADVISORY
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-10689	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4804-1	ADVISORY

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CVE-2017-10689 (GCVE-0-2017-10689)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-09 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:20

Summary

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Incorrect Permission Handling

Assigner

puppet

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3567-1/	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Puppet	Puppet Enterprise	Affected: prior to 2016.4.10 or 2017.3.4
Puppet	Puppet Agent	Affected: prior to 5.3.4 or 1.10.10

Date Public

2018-02-05 00:00

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usn-3567-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2018-02-12 15:34

Modified

2026-02-10 04:41

Summary

puppet vulnerability

Details

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled permissions when unpacking certain tarballs. A local user could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3567-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10689	REPORT

JSON

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          },
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          },
          {
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usn-4804-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2021-03-15 21:31

Modified

2026-06-25 10:45

Summary

puppet vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that Puppet installed modules with world writable permissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10689)

It was discovered that Puppet could be used to force YAML deserialization in an unsafe manner. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability for remote code execution. (CVE-2017-2295)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4804-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2295	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10689	REPORT

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.

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ubuntu-cve-2017-10689

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2017-10689 (GCVE-0-2017-10689)

usn-3567-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

usn-4804-1

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

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