Security Advisory
CVE-2016-9686
5.3
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
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.
Published Date
February 8, 2017
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory