Privilege Escalation Affecting puppet package, versions <5.3.7 >=5.4.0, <5.5.2


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (26th percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-22029
  • published 17 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 7 Jun 2018
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade puppet to versions 5.3.7, 5.5.2 or higher.

Overview

puppet is a Server automation framework and application.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to DLL preloading attacks which could lead to a privilege escalation.

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