Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Affecting puppet package, versions <2.6.12 >=2.7.0, <2.7.6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.42% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-20307
  • published 28 Feb 2017
  • disclosed 11 Oct 2011
  • credit Puppet Labs

How to fix?

Upgrade puppet to version 2.6.12, 2.7.6 or higher.

Overview

puppet is an automated configuration management tool. Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution. It is possible for a malicious attacker to spoof the puppet master by inserting the master's DNS alt names into the Subject Alternative Name field of the certificate.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
3.7 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

3.7 low