CVE-2012-3867 describes a vulnerability in Puppet versions prior to 2.6.17 and 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, where the Common Name field in a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) does not properly restrict ANSI control sequences. This flaw allows user-assisted remote attackers to deceive administrators into signing malicious agent certificates. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial integrity impact, with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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