medium5.3
CVE-2016-9686
The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker incorrectly validates message header sizes.
Impact
The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) Broker incorrectly validates message header sizes. An attacker could use this to crash the PCP Broker, preventing commands from being sent to agents. This is resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2016.4.3 and 2016.5.2.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Puppet | Puppet Enterprise | from 2016.4.0 before 2016.4.3 Version 2016.5.1 |