Input validation error in Puppet Enterprise - CVE-2013-4762
Published: August 21, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42643
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4762
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 does not sufficiently invalidate a session when a user logs out, which might allow remote attackers to hijack sessions by obtaining an old session ID.
Affected software
Puppet Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4762
Install update from vendor's website.