CVE-2014-3250 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass certificate revocation checks in Puppet's default Apache configuration, potentially accessing sensitive information via revoked certificates.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-3250?

CVE-2014-3250 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Linux, published on 11 Dec 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The default vhost configuration file in Puppet before 3.6.2 does not include the SSLCARevocationCheck directive, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a revoked certificate when a Puppet master runs with Apache 2.4.

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3250?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Puppet Puppet, Redhat Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3250?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-3250 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3250 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3250, GHSA-mmpq-gqvm-78gf, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3250.

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