CVE-2016-9686 (GCVE-0-2016-9686)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-02-08 22:00
Modified
2024-08-06 02:59
Severity ?
CWE
  • Denial of Service
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Puppet Puppet Enterprise Version: 2015.3.x
Version: 2016.x prior to 2016.4.3
Version: 2016.5.1.
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