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CVE-2018-11749

N/A

Published: August 24, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:36 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPuppet Enterprise

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.8%

Description

When users are configured to use startTLS with RBAC LDAP, at login time, the user's credentials are sent via plaintext to the LDAP server. This affects Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.3, 2017.3.9, and 2016.4.14, and is fixed in Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.4, 2017.3.10, and 2016.4.15. It scored an 8.5 CVSS score.

Affected

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

Puppet Enterprise · Puppet

95%

v ≤ 2016.4.142017.3.0 ≤ v ≤ 2017.3.92018.1.0 ≤ v ≤ 2018.1.32016.4.14 2017.3.9 2018.1.3

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2018-11749

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2018-11749

CVSS

5MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-319

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