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CVE-2016-5716 (GCVE-0-2016-5716)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-09 14:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:46
VLAI
Summary
The console in Puppet Enterprise 2015.x and 2016.x prior to 2016.4.0 includes unsafe string reads that potentially allows for remote code execution on the console node.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • RCE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Puppet Puppet Enterprise Affected: PE < 2016.4.0
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Date Public
2016-10-20 00:00
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