What is CVE-2017-2296?

CVE-2017-2296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-2296?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Puppet Enterprise

CVE-2017-2296

In Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1, using specially formatted strings with certain formatting characters as Classifier node group names or RBAC role display names causes errors, effectively causing a DOS to the service. This was re…

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.009 (55.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Puppet Enterprise — versions 2017.1.x, 2017.2.1. Fixed in 2017.2.2
Puppet Puppet_enterprise — versions 2017.1.0, 2017.1.1, 2017.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security@puppet.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2296?: CVE-2017-2296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-2296?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.