Cryptographic issues in Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Agent - CVE-2013-1398
Published: March 14, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41915
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1398
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Puppet Labs
Affected software:
Puppet Enterprise
Puppet Agent
Puppet Enterprise
Puppet Agent
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote #AU# to execute arbitrary code.
The pe_mcollective module in Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.7.1 does not properly restrict access to a catalog of private SSL keys, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain sensitive information and gain privileges by leveraging root access to a node, related to the master role.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-1398
Install update from vendor's website.