Information Exposure Affecting puppet package, versions >=2.7.0, <2.7.18


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-20317
  • published 28 Feb 2017
  • disclosed 27 Jun 2012
  • credit Puppet Labs

How to fix?

Upgrade puppet to version 2.7.18 or higher.

Overview

puppet is an automated configuration management tool. Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Information Disclosure via the last_run_report.yaml file, which has global read permission. This file may contain sensitive information that can aid an attacker to execute an attack.