VDB-131858 · CVE-2018-11747 · GCVE-0-2018-11747

Puppet Discovery up to 1.3.x Nginx Container certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Puppet Discovery up to 1.3.x. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Nginx Container. Such manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-11747. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Puppet Discovery up to 1.3.x (Service Management Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Nginx Container. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Previously, Puppet Discovery was shipped with a default generated TLS certificate in the nginx container. In version 1.4.0, a unique certificate will be generated on installation or the user will be able to provide their own TLS certificate for ingress.

The weakness was presented 03/21/2019 (Website). The advisory is available at puppet.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-11747 since 06/05/2018. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1587.003 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

Service Management Software

Name

Puppet Discovery

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Temp Score: 5.4
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Puppet Discovery 1.4.0

Timelineinfo

06/05/2018 🔍
03/21/2019 +289 days 🔍
03/21/2019 +0 days 🔍
05/17/2020 +423 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: puppet.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2018-11747 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-11747
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-131858

Entryinfo

Created: 03/21/2019 22:25
Updated: 05/17/2020 14:19
Changes: 03/21/2019 22:25 (57), 05/17/2020 14:19 (1)
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