Cryptographic issues in Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Agent - CVE-2013-2716
Published: April 10, 2013 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42921
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-2716
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 non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.
Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise before 2.8.0 does not use a "randomized secret" in the CAS client config file (cas_client_config.yml) when upgrading from older 1.2.x or 2.0.x versions, which allows remote attackers to obtain console access via a crafted cookie.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-2716
Install update from vendor's website.