CVE-2017-10690 (GCVE-0-2017-10690)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-09 20:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 17:49
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible for the agent to retrieve facts from an environment that it was not classified to retrieve from. This was resolved in Puppet Agent 5.3.4, included in Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.4
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CWE
- Privilege Escalation
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10690 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puppet | Puppet Enterprise |
Affected:
2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.4
|
guessed | |
| Puppet | Puppet Agent |
Affected:
5.x prior to 5.3.4
|
guessed |
Date Public
2018-02-05 00:00
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