Puppetlabs Puppet up to 2.7.17 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Puppetlabs Puppet. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2012-3864. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Puppetlabs Puppet (Service Management Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files on the puppet master server by leveraging an arbitrary user s certificate and private key in a GET request.

The weakness was released 08/06/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-3864 since 07/06/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 74684 (openSUSE Security Update : puppet (openSUSE-SU-2012:0891-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350612 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for puppet: ALAS-2012-135).

Upgrading to version 2.7.14 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (76844), Tenable (74684), SecurityFocus (BID 54399†), Secunia (SA50014†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-35941†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-61479, VDB-61478 and VDB-61477. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 74684
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : puppet (openSUSE-SU-2012:0891-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 71473
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2511-1 (puppet)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Puppet 2.7.14
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

06/08/2012 🔍
07/06/2012 +28 days 🔍
07/12/2012 +6 days 🔍
07/20/2012 +8 days 🔍
08/06/2012 +17 days 🔍
08/06/2012 +0 days 🔍
08/20/2012 +14 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +662 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +283 days 🔍
12/07/2021 +2451 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: puppet.com
Product: github.com

Advisory: USN-1506-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3864 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3864
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-61476

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X-Force: 76844
SecurityFocus: 54399 - Puppet Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 50014 - SUSE update for puppet, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 35941 - Puppet and Puppet Enterprise Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/07/2021 09:38
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (65), 04/16/2017 10:36 (13), 12/07/2021 09:37 (4), 12/07/2021 09:38 (1)
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