CVE-2018-6516

Name	CVE-2018-6516
Description	On Windows only, with a specifically crafted configuration file an attacker could get Puppet PE client tools (aka pe-client-tools) 16.4.x prior to 16.4.6, 17.3.x prior to 17.3.6, and 18.1.x prior to 18.1.2 to load arbitrary code with privilege escalation.
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)

- puppet <not-affected> (Specific issue Windows only)