CVE-2016-9686 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-02-08

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

Puppet

Puppet Enterprise

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2015.3.x`	affected	—
`2016.x prior to 2016.4.3`	affected	—
`2016.5.1.`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2016.5.1:::::::*

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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-2016-10487	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.

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 0.00377.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-9686

History

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Subscriptions

Puppet Puppet Enterprise

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: puppet

Published: 2017-02-08T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:59:03.352Z

Reserved: 2016-11-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9686

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-02-08T22:59:00.730

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

Link: CVE-2016-9686

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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