CVE-2014-3251 Race condition in n/a

What is CVE-2014-3251?

CVE-2014-3251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 12 Aug 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The MCollective aes_security plugin, as used in Puppet Enterprise before 3.3.0 and Mcollective before 2.5.3, does not properly validate new server certificates based on the CA certificate, which allows local users to establish unauthorized Mcollective connections via unspecified vectors related to a race condition.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3251?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Puppet Puppet Enterprise, Puppetlabs Mcollective.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3251?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-3251 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3251 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3251, GHSA-q495-m6p3-c645.