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CVE-2014-3251

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2014-07-21 mcollective -- cert valication issue

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2014-3251
Phase Assigned(20140507)

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.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251
SECUNIA 59356
SECUNIA 60066