PT-2014-1920 · Puppet · Mcollective+1

Published 2014-08-12 · Updated 2019-07-10 · CVE-2014-3251

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions MCollective versions prior to 2.5.3 Puppet Enterprise versions prior to 3.3.0

Description The issue is related to the MCollective aes security plugin, which does not properly validate new server certificates based on the CA certificate. This allows local users to establish unauthorized MCollective connections via unspecified vectors related to a race condition. The vulnerability can lead to disruption of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information and can be exploited locally.

Recommendations For MCollective versions prior to 2.5.3, update to version 2.5.3 or later. For Puppet Enterprise versions prior to 3.3.0, update to version 3.3.0 or later.

Fix

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

CWE-17

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09786

CVE-2014-3251

Affected Products

Mcollective

Puppet Enterprise

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3251 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3251 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09786 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3251 · Vendor Advisory
• http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-15.xml · Note
• http://osvdb.org/109257 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/60066 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/59356 · Note