CVE-2018-6508

Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.

Score

CVSS 3.0 8.0 High

Status

Modified - security@puppet.com

Published

2018-02-09

Last modified

2024-09-17

Weaknesses

CWE-134

Affected products

• Puppet Enterprise (Puppet)
• Puppetlabsapache (Puppet)
• Puppetlabsapt (Puppet)
• Puppetlabsfacter Task (Puppet)
• Puppetlabsmysql (Puppet)
• Puppetlabspuppet Conf (Puppet)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103020
• https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508