Credentials management in Puppet Enterprise - CVE-2013-4967
Published: August 21, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42651
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4967
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 gain access to sensitive information.
Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 allows remote attackers to obtain the database password via vectors related to how the password is "seeded as a console parameter," External Node Classifiers, and the lack of access control for /nodes.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4967
Install update from vendor's website.