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CVE-2012-3867 Details

Description

lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_authority.rb in Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, does not properly restrict the characters in the Common Name field of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), which makes it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to trick administrators into signing a crafted agent certificate via ANSI control sequences.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3867/ CVEVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839158 CVEIssue Tracking
http://secunia.com/advisories/50014 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3867
NVD Published Date:
Aug 6, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-3867 Details - Not Deferred