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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 11 Dec 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3250, GHSA-mmpq-gqvm-78gf, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3250

## 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 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3250?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Linux

- [CVE-2016-2785](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2785/): Puppet Improper Access Control (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-27021](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27021/): SQL injection in Puppet DB (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-6513](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6513/): Privilege escalation in Puppet Enterprise and Puppet Agent (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-6514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6514/): Privilege escalation in Puppet Agent (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2018-6515](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-6515/): Code injection in Puppet Agent (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2014-3250 and fix it if it is affected.

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

Affected product: Redhat Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3250/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3250/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3250
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3250
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-3250

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-3250/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.