CVE-2015-4100 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x and 3.8.0 might allow remote authenticated users to manage certificates for arbitrary nodes by leveraging a client certificate trusted by the master, aka a "Certificate Authority Reverse Proxy Vulnerability."

Published: 2017-12-21

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.8.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2015-4125	Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x and 3.8.0 might allow remote authenticated users to manage certificates for arbitrary nodes by leveraging a client certificate trusted by the master, aka a "Certificate Authority Reverse Proxy Vulnerability."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00274.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4100

History

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Subscriptions

Puppet Puppet Enterprise

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-21T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T06:04:02.923Z

Reserved: 2015-05-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-4100

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-12-21T15:29:00.237

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2015-4100

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-295

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