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)

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "cves_map": {
          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-2295",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-10689",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
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            "binary_name": "puppet",
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
          },
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            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
          },
          {
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "puppet-testsuite",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster",
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          {
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster-passenger",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "vim-puppet",
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "puppet",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/puppet@3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "3.8.4-1ubuntu1",
        "3.8.5-1ubuntu1",
        "3.8.5-2",
        "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that Puppet installed modules with world writable\npermissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary\ncode or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10689)\n\nIt was discovered that Puppet could be used to force YAML deserialization in an\nunsafe manner. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability for remote code\nexecution. (CVE-2017-2295)\n",
  "id": "USN-4804-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:45:59Z",
  "published": "2021-03-15T21:31:34Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4804-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2295"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10689"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "puppet vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2295",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10689"
  ]
}



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