CVE-2012-1987 – puppet

Package

Manager: gem
Name: puppet
Vulnerable Version: >=2.6.0 <2.6.15 || >=2.7.0 <2.7.13

Severity

Level: Low

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:P/RL:U/RC:R

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00735 pctl0.71923

Details

Puppet Denial of Service and Arbitrary File Write A vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys to **(1)** cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a REST request to a stream that triggers a thread block, as demonstrated using CVE-2012-1986 and `/dev/random`; or **(2)** cause a denial of service (filesystem consumption) via crafted REST requests that use "a marshaled form of a `Puppet::FileBucket::File object`" to write to arbitrary file locations.

Metadata

Created: 2022-05-14T00:56:45Z
Modified: 2024-01-12T16:39:38Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/05/GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799/GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-400"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799
Finding: F002
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