Agent Imprersonation in Puppet
Published: October 24, 2017
SECURITY IDENTIFIERS
- CVE: CVE-2012-3408 (NVD)
- GHSA: GHSA-vxf6-w9mp-95hm
- Vendor Advisory: https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3408-agent-impersonation
GEM
SEVERITY
CVSS v2.0: 2.6 (Low)
PATCHED VERSIONS
>= 2.7.18
DESCRIPTION
lib/puppet/network/authstore.rb in Puppet before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, supports use of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks, which might allow remote attackers to spoof an agent by acquiring a previously used IP address.
RELATED
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3408
- https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3408-agent-impersonation
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/ab9150baa1b738467a33b01df1d90e076253fbbd
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxf6-w9mp-95hm
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839166