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Puppet supports use of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 24, 2017 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 12, 2023

Package

bundler puppet (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 2.7.18

Patched versions

2.7.18

Description

lib/puppet/network/authstore.rb in Puppet before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, supports use of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks, which might allow remote attackers to spoof an agent by acquiring a previously used IP address.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Aug 6, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 24, 2017
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated May 12, 2023

Severity

Low

EPSS score

0.342%
(72nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2012-3408

GHSA ID

GHSA-vxf6-w9mp-95hm

Source code

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