Credentials management in Puppet Enterprise - CVE-2013-4962
Published: August 21, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42649
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4962
CWE-ID: CWE-255
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Puppet Labs
Affected software:
Puppet Enterprise
Puppet Enterprise
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
The reset password page in Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 does not force entry of the current password, which allows attackers to modify user passwords by leveraging session hijacking, an unattended workstation, or other vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4962
Install update from vendor's website.