GHSA-gqvf-892r-vjm5
Improper Certificate Validation in Puppet
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2020-7942
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
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 packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| RubyGems · puppet | introduced 6.0.0, fixed 6.13.0 |
| RubyGems · puppet | introduced 0, fixed 5.5.19 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-7942 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2020-7942.yml WEB
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-7942 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |