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CVE-2021-27025: Silent Configuration Failure in Puppet Agent

December 2, 2021

A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent where the agent may silently ignore Augeas settings or may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service condition prior to the first ‘pluginsync’.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q4g7-jrxv-67r9
  • lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7/
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27025
  • puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2021-27025

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 7.0.0 before 7.12.1, all versions before 6.25.1

Fixed versions

  • 6.25.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.25.1 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Source file

gem/puppet/CVE-2021-27025.yml

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