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FKIE_CVE-2023-5255

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-10-03 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 06:48
Severity
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.
References
security@puppet.comhttps://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2023-5255-denial-service-revocation-auto-renewed-certificatesVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2023-5255-denial-service-revocation-auto-renewed-certificatesVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
puppet puppet_enterprise 2023.3
puppet puppet_server 8.2.0
puppet puppet_server 8.2.1
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