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CVE-2014-3248

6.2 · MEDIUM

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2…

Published Nov 16, 2014puppetCWE-17EPSS 0.54%

Overview

CVE-2014-3248 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting puppet facter. It was published on November 16, 2014 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.2 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.2, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

Technical description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so; or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine.

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from puppet. Update facter to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsStatus
puppetlabsfacter1.6.0Affected
puppetmarionette_collective>= 0, < 2.5.2Affected
puppethiera>= 0, < 1.3.4Affected
puppetpuppet>= 0, < 2.7.26Affected
puppetpuppet_enterprise>= 2.8.0, < 2.8.7Affected

References

Refpuppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248Refrowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/Refsecunia.com/advisories/59197Refsecunia.com/advisories/59200Refwww.securityfocus.com/bid/68035Refpuppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248Refrowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/Refsecunia.com/advisories/59197Refsecunia.com/advisories/59200Refwww.securityfocus.com/bid/68035

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-3248?

CVE-2014-3248 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting puppet facter. It was published on November 16, 2014 and has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.2 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2014-3248?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.2, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. No authentication or special privileges are required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2014-3248?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from puppet. Update facter to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2014-3248?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2014-3248 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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