| Name | CVE-2016-2785 |
| Description | Puppet Server before 2.3.2 and Ruby puppetmaster in Puppet 4.x before 4.4.2 and in Puppet Agent before 1.4.2 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended auth.conf access restrictions by leveraging incorrect URL decoding. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| puppet (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.7.2-4+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch | 4.8.2-5 | fixed |
| buster | 5.5.10-4 | fixed |
| bullseye | 5.5.22-2 | fixed |
| puppetserver (PTS) | bookworm | 7.9.5-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 8.4.0-7 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| puppet | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
| puppetserver | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- puppet <not-affected> (Vulnerable code only in 4.x)
- puppetserver <not-affected> (Fixed before initial release, in 2.3.2)
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2785
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/4921/commits/8d2ce797db265720f0a20d1d46ee2757b4e4f6b2