Jira (PUP-10943) Windows package provider continues to read DisplayVersion key after embedded NULL

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Miranda Streeter (Jira)

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Puppet / Bug PUP-10943
Windows package provider continues to read DisplayVersion key after embedded NULL
Issue Type: Bug Bug
Affects Versions: PUP 6.17.0
Assignee: Unassigned
Created: 2021/02/25 2:38 PM
Priority: Normal Normal
Reporter: Miranda Streeter

When scanning for existing packages in Windows, Puppet reads uninstall listings in the "per-machine" and "current user" contexts, both 32 and 64 bit using the DisplayName or, more rarely, the QuietDisplayName keys. If these keys have an embedded Null, the package provider continues to read garbage data. It may attempt to decode these junk characters from UTF-16LE and fail.

An update was pushed out to fix this (PUP-10536), but a customer recently hit the bug again. This is a followup to that ticket.

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