CVE-2017-10689
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Fixed | 5.4.0-1 |
References
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10689
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/17d9e02da3882e44c1876e2805cf9708481715ee
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/2f1047f85e22cde139a421bc25d371f2ffc92cb1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2017-10689.yml
- https://tickets.puppetlabs.com/browse/PUP-7866
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3567-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-10689
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.