CVE-2017-2293 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2017-2293

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped...

Vulnerability Description

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 shipped with an MCollective configuration that allowed the package plugin to install or remove arbitrary packages on all managed agents. This release adds default configuration to not allow these actions. Customers who rely on this functionality can change this policy.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Puppet Enterprise
Vulnerable Versions:
prior to 2016.4.5, 2016.5.x, 2017.1.x, resolved in 2016.4.5 and 2017.2.1

Timeline

Official Publish: February 1st, 2018
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.