Format string error in Puppet Enterprise - CVE-2016-5716

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Format string error in Puppet Enterprise - CVE-2016-5716

Published: August 9, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU38511
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5716
CWE-ID: CWE-134
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Puppet Labs
Affected software:
Puppet Enterprise

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

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.


How to mitigate CVE-2016-5716

Install update from vendor's website.

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