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CVE-2014-3248

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, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-17
NVD MITRE
6.2CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.5%
Top 59.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
4 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

facter, hiera, mcollective-client, and puppet affected by untrusted search path vulnerability

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-17

Affected Products

facterRubyGemsOSS Libraries
hieraRubyGemsOSS Libraries
puppetRubyGemsOSS Libraries
mcollective-clientRubyGemsOSS Libraries
n/an/a
rubygemspackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
and 7 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

4 exploit sources identified

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Official Patch Available

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3248
nvd.nist.gov
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/facter/CVE-2014-3248.yml
github.com
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/hiera/CVE-2014-3248.yml
github.com
and 11 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Nov 16, 2014
Last Updated
May 6, 2026

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