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CVE-2012-3408
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…
Low2.6EPSS 1.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.6% · top 24% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemspuppetGHSA-vxf6-w9mp-95hm (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839166 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3408/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/ab9150baa1b738467a33b01df1d90e076253fbbd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-vxf6-w9mp-95hm (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .