CVE-2014-3251

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductPuppet Enterprise
PublishedAug 12, 2014
First seenAug 12, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
puppet puppet_enterprisev ≤ 3.2.0—
puppetlabs mcollectiveNo range specified—

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