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Improper Input Validation Affecting puppet package, versions <6.13.0

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.07% (28th percentile)
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NVD
6.5 medium
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Red Hat
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-1245462
  • published 14 Apr 2021
  • disclosed 13 Apr 2021
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 13 Apr 2021

CVE-2020-7942 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-295 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade puppet to version 6.13.0 or higher.

Overview

puppet is an automated configuration management tool.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Puppet operated on a model that a node with a valid certificate was entitled to all information in the system and that a compromised certificate allowed access to everything in the infrastructure. When a node's catalog falls back to the default node, the catalog can be retrieved for a different node by modifying facts for the Puppet run. This issue can be mitigated by setting strict_hostname_checking = true in puppet.conf on your Puppet master.