CVE-2017-2296
N/A
Published: February 1, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:15 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPuppet Enterprise
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
Description
In Puppet Enterprise 2017.1.x and 2017.2.1, using specially formatted strings with certain formatting characters as Classifier node group names or RBAC role display names causes errors, effectively causing a DOS to the service. This was resolved in Puppet Enterprise 2017.2.2.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2296Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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