CVE-2013-1654 Weak cryptography in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can downgrade SSL connections to vulnerable protocols, bypassing security features in Puppet client-master communications.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-1654?

CVE-2013-1654 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 20 Mar 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.21 and 3.1.x before 3.1.1, and Puppet Enterprise 2.7.x before 2.7.2, does not properly negotiate the SSL protocol between client and master, which allows remote attackers to conduct SSLv2 downgrade attacks against SSLv3 sessions via unspecified vectors.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1654?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Puppet Puppet, Puppet Puppet Enterprise, Puppetlabs Puppet.

How do I fix CVE-2013-1654?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2013-1654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1654, GHSA-53gg-mm53-pphh.

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