Multiple vulnerabilities in Puppet Labs products

Published: 2022-05-04

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2021-27023 CVE-2021-27025
CWE-ID	CWE-523 CWE-399
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Puppet Agent Server applications / Conferencing, Collaboration and VoIP solutions Puppet Server Server applications / Conferencing, Collaboration and VoIP solutions Puppet Enterprise Client/Desktop applications / Software for system administration
Vendor	Puppet Labs

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

1) Unprotected Transport of Credentials

EUVDB-ID: #VU62794

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27023

CWE-ID: CWE-523 - Unprotected Transport of Credentials

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to application can leak HTTP credentials when following HTTP redirects to a different host. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Puppet Agent: 6.0.0 - 7.12.0

Puppet Server: 6.0.0 - 7.4.1

Puppet Enterprise: 2019.0.0 - 2021.3.0

External links

http://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27023
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/62SELE7EKVKZL4GABFMVYMIIUZ7FPEF7/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.

2) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU62793

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27025

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors