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CVE-2014-3251

N/A

Published: August 12, 2014 at 11:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsPuppet EnterpriseMcollective

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Puppet Enterprise · Puppet

95%

v ≤ 3.2.0

Mcollective · Puppetlabs

95%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/59356

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/60066

VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB

Source: [email protected]

http://www.osvdb.org/109257

CVSS

4.4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-362

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