Vulnerability Details CVE-2016-9686
The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker incorrectly validates message header sizes. An attacker could use this to crash the PCP Broker, preventing commands from being sent to agents. This is resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.3 and 2016.5.2.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 65.9%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.3
CVSS v2 Score 5.0
References
Products affected by CVE-2016-9686
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cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.5.1