CVE-2016-9686: The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker incorrectly validates message header sizes. An attacker could use this to crash the PCP Broker, preventing…

PriorityP425medium5.3CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAL

EPSS

1.27%

67.9th percentile

The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker incorrectly validates message header sizes. An attacker could use this to crash the PCP Broker, preventing commands from being sent to agents. This is resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.3 and 2016.5.2.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	puppet	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	>= 2016.4.0 < 2016.4.3	2016.4.3

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.05.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

vendor_debian5.3LOW

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