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CVE-2018-11751 (GCVE-0-2018-11751)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-16 21:39 – Updated: 2024-08-05 08:17
VLAI
Summary
Previous versions of Puppet Agent didn't verify the peer in the SSL connection prior to downloading the CRL. This issue is resolved in Puppet Agent 6.4.0.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Puppet Agent, Puppet Affected: Puppet Agent 6.x prior to 6.4.0, Puppet 6.x prior to 6.4.x
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