Puppetlabs Puppet -/3.2.0 Certificates race condition

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A vulnerability was found in Puppetlabs Puppet -/3.2.0 (Service Management Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Certificates. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was published 08/12/2014 (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2014-3251 since 05/07/2014. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 76630 (FreeBSD : mcollective -- cert valication issue (ecea9e92-0be5-4931-88da-8772d044972a)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 3.2.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (76630), OSVDB (109257†), Secunia (SA59356†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-45738†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Race condition
CWE: CWE-362
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Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 76630
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : mcollective -- cert valication issue (ecea9e92-0be5-4931-88da-8772d044972a)
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OpenVAS ID: 18627
OpenVAS Name: Gentoo Linux Local Check: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-15
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Puppet 3.2.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: puppet.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-3251 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3251
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-70610
Secunia: 59356 - MCollective "aes_security" Plugin Security Bypass Security Issue, Not Critical
OSVDB: 109257
Vulnerability Center: 45738 - Mcollective `aes_security` Public Key Plugin Local Bypass Restrictions due to Improper Validation of Certifications, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/26/2015 12:07 PM
Updated: 12/22/2024 05:48 AM
Changes: 03/26/2015 12:07 PM (62), 06/04/2017 10:36 AM (8), 03/28/2022 06:23 AM (3), 12/22/2024 05:48 AM (17)
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