CVE-2022-0675 Puppet Firewall Module May Leave Unmanaged Rules
An attacker could leave unmanaged firewall rules on a system by exploiting comment matching, potentially bypassing security controls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-0675?
CVE-2022-0675 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Firewall Module, published on 2 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In certain situations it is possible for an unmanaged rule to exist on the target system that has the same comment as the rule specified in the manifest. This could allow for unmanaged rules to exist on the target system and leave the system in an unsafe state.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0675?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (2)
puppet-firewall Red Hat:openstack:16.1::el8 | All versions | 0:3.4.0-1.94f707cgit.el8ost |
puppet-firewall Red Hat:openstack:16.2::el8 | All versions | 0:3.4.0-1.94f707cgit.el8ost |
Products include Puppet Firewall.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0675?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-0675 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0675 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-0675, GHSA-6cpg-mqw9-pj2w, RHSA-2022:5116, RHSA-2022:8869, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-0675.