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CVE-2021-27025 — Silent Configuration Failure in puppet — CVE Details

MEDIUM

Silent Configuration Failure in Puppet Agent

Published December 2, 2021Updated November 29, 2024Source: osv

Summary

A flaw was discovered in Puppet Agent where the agent may silently ignore Augeas settings or may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service condition prior to the first 'pluginsync'.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published December 2, 2021 (1775 days ago).
  • Last revised November 29, 2024 — 1092 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Bundler
Update puppet to 6.25.1 or later
gem install puppet -v 6.25.1
Bundler
Update puppet to 7.12.1 or later
gem install puppet -v 7.12.1

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (2)

Affects 1 ecosystem: rubygems (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
puppet
rubygems
0.13.0, 0.13.1, 0.13.2, 0.13.6 (+240 more)6.25.1
puppet
rubygems
7.0.0, 7.1.0, 7.10.0, 7.11.0 (+9 more)7.12.1

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 6.5 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2021-27025?
Silent Configuration Failure in Puppet Agent This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of MEDIUM (CVSS score: 6.5/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2021-27025?
CVE-2021-27025 affects puppet. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2021-27025 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
6.5

Exploitation requires specific conditions or has limited impact. Remediate within weeks.

Also Known As

GHSA-q4g7-jrxv-67r9

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