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CVE-2016-9686
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.3
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-08T22:59:00.730 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:56:26.320

Summary

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

puppet — puppet_enterprise

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References

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