CVE-2016-2787 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Puppet Communications Protocol in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 does not properly validate certificates for the broker node, which allows remote non-whitelisted hosts to prevent runs from triggering via unspecified vectors.

Published: 2017-02-13

Score: 5.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2015.3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise:2015.3:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-3860	The Puppet Communications Protocol in Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x before 2015.3.3 does not properly validate certificates for the broker node, which allows remote non-whitelisted hosts to prevent runs from triggering via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00174.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2787

History

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Subscriptions

Puppet Puppet Enterprise

Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-02-13T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:32:21.133Z

Reserved: 2016-02-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2787

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-13T18:59:00.423

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-2787

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-284

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