CVE-2014-3251

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201412-15

Severity Score

7.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The MCollective aes_security plugin, as used in Puppet Enterprise before 3.3.0 and Mcollective before 2.5.3, does not properly validate new server certificates based on the CA certificate, which allows local users to establish unauthorized Mcollective connections via unspecified vectors related to a race condition.

El plugin MCollective aes_security, utilizado en Puppet Enterprise anterior a 3.3.0 y Mcollective anterior a 2.5.3, no valida debidamente los certificados de servidores nuevos basado en el certificado CA, lo que permite a usuarios locales establecer conexiones Mcollective no autorizadas a través de vectores no especificados relacionados con una condición de carrera.

Two vulnerabilities have been found in MCollective, the worst of which could lead to privilege escalation. Versions less than 2.5.3 are affected.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-05-07 CVE Reserved
2014-08-12 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/59356	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60066	Third Party Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/109257	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3251	2019-07-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Puppet Search vendor "Puppet"		Puppet Enterprise Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise"				<= 3.2.0 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise" and version " <= 3.2.0"		-		Affected
Puppetlabs Search vendor "Puppetlabs"		Mcollective Search vendor "Puppetlabs" for product "Mcollective"				-		-		Affected