CVE-2012-3867 – puppet: insufficient validation of agent names in CN of SSL certificate requests

https://notcve.org/view.php?id=CVE-2012-3867

06 Aug 2012 — lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_authority.rb in Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, does not properly restrict the characters in the Common Name field of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), which makes it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to trick administrators into signing a crafted agent certificate via ANSI control sequences. lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_authority.rb en Puppet anteriores a v2.6.17 y v2.7.x anteriores a v2.7.18, y Puppet Enterprise anterior... • http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html • CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls •