USN-4804-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4804-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4804-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4804-1
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Published
2021-03-15T21:31:34.197385Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:23Z
Summary
puppet vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that Puppet installed modules with world writable permissions. An attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2017-10689)

It was discovered that Puppet could be used to force YAML deserialization in an unsafe manner. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability for remote code execution. (CVE-2017-2295)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / puppet

Package

Name
puppet
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/puppet@3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

Affected versions

3.*

3.7.2-5ubuntu2
3.8.4-1ubuntu1
3.8.5-1ubuntu1
3.8.5-2
3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppet"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppet-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppet-el"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppet-testsuite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "vim-puppet"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-2295",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "id": "CVE-2017-10689",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}