CVE-2021-27018

CVSS V2 Medium 4.3 CVSS V3 High 7.5

Description

The mechanism which performs certificate validation was discovered to have a flaw that resulted in certificates signed by an internal certificate authority to not be properly validated. This issue only affects clients that are configured to utilize Tenable.sc as the vulnerability data source.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2021-27018

Assigner
security@puppet.com

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2021-08-30T18:15:08

Last Modified Date
2021-09-07T18:29:34

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-295	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:puppet:remediate::::::::	1	OR		2.0.1

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

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

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
4.3

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
2.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
LOW

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
NONE

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.5

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
3.9

Impact Score
3.6

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-27018	Vendor Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27018
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-27018

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 16:07:49				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 09:17:10	2021-08-30T18:15Z	2021-08-30T18:15:08	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-05 09:17:10		2021-09-07T18:29:34	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-05 09:17:10		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated