CVE-2016-5716 (GCVE-0-2016-5716)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-08-09 14:00
Modified
2024-09-16 23:46
Severity ?
CWE
  • RCE
Summary
The console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x prior to 2016.4.0 includes unsafe string reads that potentially allows for remote code execution on the console node.
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Vendor Product Version
Puppet Puppet Enterprise Version: PE < 2016.4.0
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