CVE-2012-3867

N/A Unknown
Published: August 06, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3867/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50014
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839158
Source: cve@mitre.org
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/dfedaa5fa841ccf335245a748b347b7c7c236640
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/f3419620b42080dad3b0be14470b20a972f13c50
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3867/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50014
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839158
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/dfedaa5fa841ccf335245a748b347b7c7c236640
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/f3419620b42080dad3b0be14470b20a972f13c50
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Issue Tracking Patch

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.5%
82th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

puppet canonical opensuse puppetlabs debian suse

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