CVE-2011-3848

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.60%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00033.html vendor advisory
https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/e57ce2740feb9406 patch
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1217-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46628 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-3848?
CVE-2011-3848 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-3848?
To fix CVE-2011-3848, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-3848 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-3848 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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