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CVE-2014-3251

The MCollective aes_security plugin, as used in Puppet Enterprise before 3.3.0 and Mcollective before 2.5.3, does not properly validate new server certificates based on the CA certificate, which allows local users to establish unauthorized Mcollective connections via unspecified vectors related to a race condition.

Published

2014-08-12T23:55:03.643

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-362

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	≤ 3.2.0	Yes
Application	puppetlabs	mcollective	-	Yes

References

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/59356 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/60066 ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/109257 ([email protected])
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/59356 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60066 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/109257 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)