CVE-2012-3864

Public Exploit

Description

Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files on the puppet master server by leveraging an arbitrary user's certificate and private key in a GET request.

Category

4.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.23%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory puppetlabs.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html vendor advisory
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3864/ vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511 vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50014 third party advisory
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/10f6cb8969b4d5a933b333ecb01ce3696b1d57d4 patch exploit
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839130
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/c3c7462e4066bf3a563987a402bf3ddf278bcd87 patch exploit

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-3864?
CVE-2012-3864 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-3864?
To fix CVE-2012-3864, 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-2012-3864 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-3864 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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