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CVE-2017-10689

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.

Published: Feb 9, 2018Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-269
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.4%
Top 72.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Tarball permission preservation in puppet

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:HA:N
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:HIntegrity
High
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

puppetRubyGemsOSS Libraries
puppetpuppet
On-prem
Enterprise Software / erp
puppet enterprisepuppet
On-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
satelliteredhat
On-prem
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
rubygemspackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
puppetcommercialUSEnterprise Softwareaka puppet labs
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
redhatcommercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10689
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/17d9e02da3882e44c1876e2805cf9708481715ee
github.com
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/2f1047f85e22cde139a421bc25d371f2ffc92cb1
github.com
and 7 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Feb 9, 2018
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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