CVE-2018-6508

N/A

Published: February 9, 2018 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:01 AM UTC

6 products affected across 1 vendorPuppet EnterprisePuppetlabs/mysqlPuppetlabs Apache

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Puppet Enterprise · Puppet

95%

2017.3 ≤ v < 2017.3.42017.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 2017.3.2

Affected range stops below 2017.3.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Puppetlabs Apache · Puppet

60%

v < 2.3.1

Affected range stops below 2.3.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Puppetlabs Apt · Puppet

60%

v < 4.5.1

Affected range stops below 4.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Puppetlabs/facter Task · Puppet

60%

v < 0.1.5

Affected range stops below 0.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Puppetlabs/mysql · Puppet

60%

v < 5.2.1

Affected range stops below 5.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Puppetlabs/puppet Conf · Puppet

60%

v < 0.1.5

Affected range stops below 0.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508

References (2)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103020

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6508

CVSS

6MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-134

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