Improper Certificate Validation Affecting puppet package, versions >=6.0.0, <6.4.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-537892
  • published 17 Dec 2019
  • disclosed 16 Dec 2019
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade puppet to version 6.4.0 or higher.

Overview

puppet is an automated configuration management tool.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Certificate Validation. It does not verify the peer in the SSL connection prior to downloading the CRL.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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

5.4 medium
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Red Hat

3.7 low