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CVE-2018-6508 Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affe...

HighCVSS 8.0 EPSS 1.9%
Published
Updated
Exploit status
No public exploit known

Description

Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
debian/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache(Debian:12) < 3.0.0-1 3.0.0-1
debian/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache(Debian:13) < 3.0.0-1 3.0.0-1
debian/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt(Debian:12) < 4.5.1-1 4.5.1-1
debian/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt(Debian:13) < 4.5.1-1 4.5.1-1
debian/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt(Debian:14) < 4.5.1-1 4.5.1-1
debian/puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql(Debian:12) < 5.3.0-1 5.3.0-1
debian/puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql(Debian:13) < 5.3.0-1 5.3.0-1
debian/puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql(Debian:14) < 5.3.0-1 5.3.0-1
puppet enterprise >= 2017.3.0, <= 2017.3.2 No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache(Ubuntu:24.04) All versions No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt(Ubuntu:24.04) All versions No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql(Ubuntu:24.04) All versions No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache(Ubuntu:26.04) All versions No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt(Ubuntu:26.04) All versions No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql(Ubuntu:26.04) All versions No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache(Ubuntu:26.10) All versions No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt(Ubuntu:26.10) All versions No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql(Ubuntu:26.10) All versions No fix listed
puppet enterprise = 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.4 No fix listed
puppetlabs/facter_task = prior to 0.1.5 No fix listed
puppetlabs/puppet_conf = prior to 0.1.5 No fix listed
puppetlabs/apt = prior to 4.5.1 No fix listed
puppetlabs/mysql = prior to 5.2.1 No fix listed
puppetlabs/apache = prior to 2.3.1 No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache(Ubuntu:22.04) All versions No fix listed
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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-apt(Ubuntu:22.04) All versions No fix listed
ubuntu/puppet-module-puppetlabs-mysql(Ubuntu:22.04) All versions No fix listed

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