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  1. Puppet
  2. PUP-10943

Windows package provider continues to read DisplayVersion key after embedded NULL

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    • Night's Watch
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    • NW - 2021-03-17
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    • 43253,44624,50334
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    • Bug Fix
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      Before the fix some corrupted Windows registry could break puppet because puppet would not stop reading the registry at the correct WCHAR_NULL, and it continued to read bad data.
      Now, puppet only reads data until a WCHAR_NULL that is force encoded to UTF-16LE.
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      Before the fix some corrupted Windows registry could break puppet because puppet would not stop reading the registry at the correct WCHAR_NULL, and it continued to read bad data. Now, puppet only reads data until a WCHAR_NULL that is force encoded to UTF-16LE.
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      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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          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. PUP-10536 Puppet windows package provider fails if there are garbage characters after an embedded NULL

          • Normal - Regular issue, some loss of functionality under specific circumstances.
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