| Name | CVE-2017-2293 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
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) | | | |
Notes
- puppet <not-affected> (Specific to Puppet Enterprise)