CVE-2013-1654 Weak cryptography in n/a
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.
Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1654, GHSA-53gg-mm53-pphh.