CVE-2011-3872 | BDVDB-2026-47990 Detail
Description#
Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.12 and 2.7.x before 2.7.6, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2 before 1.2.4, when signing an agent certificate, adds the Puppet master's certdnsnames values to the X.509 Subject Alternative Name field of the certificate, which allows remote attackers to spoof a Puppet master via a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack against an agent that uses an alternate DNS name for the master, aka "AltNames Vulnerability."
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46550
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1238-2
- http://puppetlabs.com/blog/important-security-announcement-altnames-vulnerability/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70970
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46578
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3872
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46934
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/e7edc3a71348f3e1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50356
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46964
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1238-1
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.