FreeBSD : mcollective -- cert valication issue (ecea9e92-0be5-4931-88da-8772d044972a)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76630

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Melissa Stone reports :

The MCollective aes_security public key plugin does not correctly validate certs against the CA. By exploiting this vulnerability within a race/initialization window, an attacker with local access could initiate an unauthorized MCollective client connection with a server, and thus control the mcollective plugins running on that server. This vulnerability requires a collective be configured to use the aes_security plugin. Puppet Enterprise and open source MCollective are not configured to use the plugin and are not vulnerable by default.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76630

File Name: freebsd_pkg_ecea9e920be5493188da8772d044972a.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 7/22/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:mcollective, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3251

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