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CVE-2012-3867: Moderate severity vulnerability that affects puppet

October 24, 2017 (updated September 16, 2021)

lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_authority.rb in Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, does not properly restrict the characters in the Common Name field of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), which makes it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to trick administrators into signing a crafted agent certificate via ANSI control sequences.

References

  • lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html
  • lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html
  • puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3867/
  • secunia.com/advisories/50014
  • www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511
  • www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839158
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-q44r-f2hm-v76v
  • github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/dfedaa5fa841ccf335245a748b347b7c7c236640
  • github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/f3419620b42080dad3b0be14470b20a972f13c50
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3867

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Affected versions

All versions before 2.6.17, all versions starting from 2.7.0 before 2.7.18

Fixed versions

  • 2.6.17
  • 2.7.18

Solution

Upgrade to versions 2.6.17, 2.7.18 or above.

Impact 4.3 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-264

Source file

gem/puppet/CVE-2012-3867.yml

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