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SCA: security update for puppet (GHSA-vxf6-w9mp-95hm)

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422755

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - lib/puppet/network/authstore.rb in Puppet before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, supports use
 of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks, which might allow remote attackers to
 spoof an agent by acquiring a previously used IP address. (CVE-2012-3408)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vxf6-w9mp-95hm

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 422755

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3408

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.7

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3408

BID: 54737

cwe: CWE-287