Unscored severity · published May 29, 2012
CVE-2012-1987
Unspecified vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote…
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CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys to (1) cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a REST request to a stream that triggers a thread block, as demonstrated using CVE-2012-1986 and /dev/random; or (2) cause a denial of service (filesystem consumption) via crafted REST requests that use "a marshaled form of a Puppet::FileBucket::File object" to write to arbitrary file locations.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
Puppet · Puppet
2.6.0 before 2.6.15; 2.7.0 before 2.7.13 · source: NVD
PE
Puppet Enterprise · Puppet
1.0 before 2.5.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1987
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1987
Broken Link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
Broken Link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
Broken Link
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
Broken Link
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13552
Broken Link
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13553
Broken Link
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
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