CVE-2018-11749

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-11749
  • Assigner
  • security@puppet.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-08-24T13:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-01-24T16:46:04
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-319 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/319.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2016.4.14
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2017.3.0 2017.3.9
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2018.1.0 2018.1.3
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2018-11749 Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11749
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-11749
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:36:32 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 11:26:12 2018-08-24T13:29Z 2018-08-24T13:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 11:26:12 2022-01-24T16:46:04 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 11:26:12 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated