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CVE-2014-3251
The MCollective aes_security plugin, as used in Puppet Enterprise before 3.3.0 and Mcollective before 2.5.3, does not properly validate…
Medium4.4EPSS 0.18%
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- mitre
Description
The MCollective aes_security plugin, as used in Puppet Enterprise before 3.3.0 and Mcollective before 2.5.3, does not properly validate new server certificates based on the CA certificate, which allows local users to establish unauthorized Mcollective connections via unspecified vectors related to a race condition.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 93% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 109257 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 60066 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 59356 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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 Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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