CVE-2012-1987 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2012-1987: Unspecified vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys to (1) cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a REST request to a stream

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2012-1987 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

puppet→ fixed in2.7.13-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y puppet
```

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