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Puppet Agent < 7.1.0 Vulnerability
high Nessus Plugin ID 184147
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Synopsis
An instance of Puppet Agent installed on the remote system is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
On December 9, 2020, curl published security updates addressing CVE-2020-8284, CVE-2020-8285, and CVE-2020-8286. Previous releases of Puppet Agent contain a vulnerable version of curl. For more information about this vulnerability, refer to the security announcement.Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to Puppet Agent version N/A or later.See Also
https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/curl-december-2020-security-fixes
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 184147
File Name: puppet_agent_CVE-2020-8284.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 11/1/2023
Updated: 11/2/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8286
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Puppet Agent
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/15/2020