GHSA-gqvf-892r-vjm5
Vulnerability from github
Published
2021-04-13 15:42
Modified
2023-07-05 19:26
Severity ?
Summary
Improper Certificate Validation in Puppet
Details
Previously, Puppet operated on the model that a node with a valid certificate was entitled to all information in the system and that a compromised certificate allowed access to everything in the infrastructure. When a node's catalog falls back to the default
node, the catalog can be retrieved for a different node by modifying facts for the Puppet run. This issue can be mitigated by setting strict_hostname_checking = true
in puppet.conf
on your Puppet master. Puppet 6.13.0 changes the default behavior for strict_hostname_checking from false to true. It is recommended that Puppet Open Source and Puppet Enterprise users that are not upgrading still set strict_hostname_checking to true to ensure secure behavior.
{ "affected": [ { "package": { "ecosystem": "RubyGems", "name": "puppet" }, "ranges": [ { "events": [ { "introduced": "6.0.0" }, { "fixed": "6.13.0" } ], "type": "ECOSYSTEM" } ] }, { "package": { "ecosystem": "RubyGems", "name": "puppet" }, "ranges": [ { "events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "fixed": "5.5.19" } ], "type": "ECOSYSTEM" } ] } ], "aliases": [ "CVE-2020-7942" ], "database_specific": { "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-295" ], "github_reviewed": true, "github_reviewed_at": "2021-04-07T23:15:22Z", "nvd_published_at": "2020-02-19T21:15:00Z", "severity": "MODERATE" }, "details": "Previously, Puppet operated on the model that a node with a valid certificate was entitled to all information in the system and that a compromised certificate allowed access to everything in the infrastructure. When a node\u0027s catalog falls back to the `default` node, the catalog can be retrieved for a different node by modifying facts for the Puppet run. This issue can be mitigated by setting `strict_hostname_checking = true` in `puppet.conf` on your Puppet master. Puppet 6.13.0 changes the default behavior for strict_hostname_checking from false to true. It is recommended that Puppet Open Source and Puppet Enterprise users that are not upgrading still set strict_hostname_checking to true to ensure secure behavior.", "id": "GHSA-gqvf-892r-vjm5", "modified": "2023-07-05T19:26:32Z", "published": "2021-04-13T15:42:19Z", "references": [ { "type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7942" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2020-7942.yml" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7942" } ], "schema_version": "1.4.0", "severity": [ { "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N", "type": "CVSS_V3" } ], "summary": "Improper Certificate Validation in Puppet" }
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