Is CVE-2018-6508 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-6508 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-6508?

CVE-2018-6508 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-6508?

CVE-2018-6508 has an EPSS score of 1.91% (77th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-6508?

Upgrade puppet-module-puppetlabs-apache on debian 11 to 3.0.0-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-6508

HIGHEPSS 77th pctl

8.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.x prior to 2017.3.3 are vulnerable to a remote execution bug when a specially crafted string was passed into the facter_task or puppet_conf tasks. This vulnerability only affects tasks in the affected modules, if you are not using puppet tasks you are not affected by this vulnerability.

CWE-134

How to fix

Remediation Available

puppet-module-puppetlabs-apacheDebian

Fixed in:3.0.0-1CVE-2018-6508

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.91%probability of exploitation in 30 days

77thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 77% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

puppet.com

Third-Party Advisory1

securityfocus.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-134 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13160	Critical	9.8	81%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-22374	High	8.5	73%	-	-
CVE-2012-1851	High	10.0	66%	-	-
CVE-2024-23113	Critical	9.8	62%	KEV	-
CVE-2012-3569	High	9.3	48%	-	-
CVE-2018-6317	Critical	9.1	44%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.