A vulnerability was found in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x/3.8.x/215.2.x (Service Management Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The console in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x, 3.8.x, and 2015.2.x does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONID cookie in an HTTPS session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session.

The bug was discovered 12/08/2015. The weakness was presented 12/11/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at puppet.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-8470 since 12/04/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 734 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See 110472 for similar entry.

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• Puppet Enterprise

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• 3.7.x
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