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CVE-2014-3251

Published: Aug 12, 2014Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-362
4.4MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 92.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

The MCollective aes_security plugin, as used in Puppet Enterprise before 3.3.0 and Mcollective before 2.5.3, does not properly validate new server certificates based on the CA certificate, which allows local users to establish unauthorized Mcollective connections via unspecified vectors related to a race condition.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:MAu:NC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected Products

Gentoo Foundation Inc.
oss-project·US
Gentoo LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
puppet
commercial·USaka puppet labs
puppet enterpriseOn-premDev Tool
DevTools & CI / ci-cd
puppetlabs
commercial·USaka puppet, facter
mcollectiveOn-prem
DevTools & CI / build-test-tools
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-15.xml
security.gentoo.org
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251
puppetlabs.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/59356
secunia.com
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