Bug 1927502 (CVE-2021-27017)

Summary:	CVE-2021-27017 puppet-agent: Deserialization of untrusted data
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bbuckingham, bcourt, bkearney, brandfbb, btotty, ekohlvan, hhudgeon, jjoyce, jschluet, lhh, lpeer, lutter, lzap, mburns, mmccune, nmoumoul, pcreech, rchan, rjerrido, sclewis, slinaber, sokeeffe, s, terje.rosten, tuxmealux+redhatbz
Target Milestone:	---	Keywords:	Security
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	puppet-agent 7.4.0	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in puppet-agent. Utilization of a module presented a security risk by allowing the deserialization of untrusted/user supplied data. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2021-10-28 08:46:22 UTC	Type:	---
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oVirt Team:	---	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Depends On:	1927503, 1927504, 1927505, 1927798, 1931485
Bug Blocks:	1927506

Description Pedro Sampaio 2021-02-10 21:02:05 UTC

Utilization of a module presented a security risk by allowing the deserialization of untrusted/user supplied data. This is resolved in the Puppet Agent 7.4.0 release.

References:

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27017/

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2021-02-10 21:02:58 UTC

Created puppet tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1927505]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1927504]
Affects: openstack-rdo [bug 1927503]

Comment 3 Summer Long 2021-02-19 03:46:48 UTC

External References:

https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27017