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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 30, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-6555

CVE-2008-6555

Description

cgi-bin/webutil.pl in The Puppet Master WebUtil allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the dig command.

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Affected products

3

Puppetmaster/Webutil3 versions
cpe:2.3:a:puppetmaster:webutil:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:puppetmaster:webutil:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppetmaster:webutil:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)

Patches

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References

4

osvdb.org/51181nvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/bid/28393nvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489961/100/0/threadednvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41400nvd

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