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CVE-2013-4965

Puppet Enterprise before 3.1.0 does not properly restrict the number of authentication attempts by a console account, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a brute-force attack.

Published

2013-10-25T23:55:04.363

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-287

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	≤ 3.0.1	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	3.0.0	Yes

References

http://osvdb.org/98640 ([email protected])
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4965 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/98640 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4965 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)