CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-4958

Improper Authentication

Published: Aug 20, 2013 | Modified: Jul 10, 2019
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Puppet Enterprise before 3.0.1 does not use a session timeout, which makes it easier for attackers to gain privileges by leveraging an unattended workstation.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Puppet_enterprise Puppet * 3.0.0 (including)
Puppet_enterprise Puppet 2.5.1 (including) 2.5.1 (including)
Puppet_enterprise Puppet 2.5.2 (including) 2.5.2 (including)
Puppet_enterprise Puppet 2.8.0 (including) 2.8.0 (including)
Puppet_enterprise Puppet 2.8.1 (including) 2.8.1 (including)
Puppet_enterprise Puppet 2.8.2 (including) 2.8.2 (including)
Puppet_enterprise Puppet 2.8.3 (including) 2.8.3 (including)
Puppet Ubuntu lucid *

Potential Mitigations

References