CVE-2012-3408
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.6
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.7.18-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | {"endExcluding":"2.5.2"} | 2.5.2 |
| puppetlabs | puppet | {"endExcluding":"2.7.18"} | 2.7.18 |
References
- https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3408-agent-impersonation
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3408/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839166
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/ab9150baa1b738467a33b01df1d90e076253fbbd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3408
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-3408.yml
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3408
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3408
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.