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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.106582
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Puppet Enterprise < 2016.4.3 / 2016.5 < 2016.5.2 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:Puppet Enterprise is prone to a denial of service (DoS); vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Puppet Enterprise is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
The Puppet Communications Protocol (PCP) broker incorrectly
validates message header sizes. An attacker could use this vulnerability to crash the PCP broker,
preventing commands from being sent to agents.

Affected Software/OS:
Puppet Enterprise 2015.3.x and 2016.x.

Solution:
Update to version 2016.4.3, 2016.5.2 or later.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2016-9686
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