Puppet Enterprise 3.x < 3.1.2 DTLS Retransmission DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73133

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Synopsis

A web application on the remote host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

According to its self-reported version number, the Puppet Enterprise 3.x install on the remote host is prior to 3.1.2. As a result, it is reportedly affected by an error related to the included OpenSSL version and DTLS retransmission processing that could allow denial of service attacks.

Solution

Upgrade to Puppet Enterprise 3.1.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73133

File Name: puppet_enterprise_312.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 3/21/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6450

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet

Required KB Items: puppet/rest_port

Exploit Ease: No exploit is required

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6450

BID: 64618

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