Medium severity · published Feb 1, 2018
CVE-2017-2296
In Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1, using specially formatted strings with certain formatting characters as Classifier node group names or RBAC role display names causes…
6.5
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1, using specially formatted strings with certain formatting characters as Classifier node group names or RBAC role display names causes errors, effectively causing a DOS to the service. This was resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 59% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PE
Puppet Enterprise · Puppet
2017.1.0; 2017.1.1; 2017.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2296
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2296
Vendor Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2296
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