GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems

GHSA-vxf6-w9mp-95hm Puppet supports use of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks

LOW Published 2017-10-24 Modified 2023-05-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2012-3408
Ecosystem
RubyGems
Packages
puppet
Severity
Low
Weaknesses
CWE-287
Reviewed
2020-06-16

Affected packages

• RubyGems puppet: < 2.7.18 → fixed in 2.7.18

Description

`lib/puppet/network/authstore.rb` in Puppet before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, supports use of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks, which might allow remote attackers to spoof an agent by acquiring a previously used IP address.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2012-3408 lib/puppet/network/authstore.rb in Puppet before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, supports use of IP addresses in certnames… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References