CVE-2014-3248
6.2 · MEDIUMOverview
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
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppetlabs | facter | 1.6.0 | Affected |
| puppet | marionette_collective | >= 0, < 2.5.2 | Affected |
| puppet | hiera | >= 0, < 1.3.4 | Affected |
| puppet | puppet | >= 0, < 2.7.26 | Affected |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | >= 2.8.0, < 2.8.7 | Affected |
References
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.
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