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title: "CVE-2017-2294\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2294?format=md
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# CVE-2017-2294

Publication date 5 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.5 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2294?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Versions of Puppet Enterprise prior to 2016.4.5 or 2017.2.1 failed to mark
MCollective server private keys as sensitive (a feature added in Puppet
4.6), so key values could be logged and stored in PuppetDB. These releases
use the sensitive data type to ensure this won't happen anymore.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-2294?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| puppet | 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

debian/ubuntu do not enable/ship PuppetDb

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.5 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | None |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.5 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

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

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-2294)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-2294)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-2294)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-2294)

### Other references

* <https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2017-2294>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-2294>