CVE catalog
CVE-2017-10689
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10689
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.36% · Oct 25, 2026
In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | puppet | 11 | 5.4.0-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.7.2-5ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.8.4-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.8.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.8.5-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.2.4-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.3.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.3.1-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.3.1-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3 | fixed |
| Suse | rubygem-puppet | linux enterprise module for advanced systems management 12 | 4.8.1-32.3.1 | fixed |
| Suse | puppet | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp2 | 3.8.5-15.9.1 | fixed |
| Suse | puppet | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp3 | 3.8.5-15.9.1 | fixed |
| Suse | puppet | linux enterprise module for advanced systems management 12 | 3.8.5-15.9.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.2.4-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.3.1-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.3.1-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.3.1-1ubuntu3 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.2-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.7.2-5ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.8.4-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.8.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.8.5-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | puppet | pro | 3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | puppet | deb | 11 | 5.4.0-1 | Not reported | DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10689 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | puppet | deb | pro | 3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | Not reported | USN-4804-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | puppet | deb | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3 | Not reported | USN-3567-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | rubygem-puppet | rpm | linux enterprise module for advanced systems management 12 | 4.8.1-32.3.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0602-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | puppet | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp2 | 3.8.5-15.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0571-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | puppet | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp3 | 3.8.5-15.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0571-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | puppet | rpm | linux enterprise module for advanced systems management 12 | 3.8.5-15.9.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2018:0571-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | puppet | deb | 14.04 | 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10689 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | puppet | deb | pro | 3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10689 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2018_0571-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-10689]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0571-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2018:0602-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10689]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3567-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4804-1]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-10689.json]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]