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

  - Previously, Puppet operated on a model that a node with a valid certificate was entitled to all
    information in the system and that a compromised certificate allowed access to everything in the
    infrastructure. When a node's catalog falls back to the `default` node, the catalog can be retrieved for a
    different node by modifying facts for the Puppet run. This issue can be mitigated by setting
    `strict_hostname_checking = true` in `puppet.conf` on your Puppet master. Puppet 6.13.0 and 5.5.19 changes
    the default behavior for strict_hostname_checking from false to true. It is recommended that Puppet Open
    Source and Puppet Enterprise users that are not upgrading still set strict_hostname_checking to true to
    ensure secure behavior. Affected software versions: Puppet 6.x prior to 6.13.0 Puppet Agent 6.x prior to
    6.13.0 Puppet 5.5.x prior to 5.5.19 Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.19 Resolved in: Puppet 6.13.0 Puppet
    Agent 6.13.0 Puppet 5.5.19 Puppet Agent 5.5.19 (CVE-2020-7942)

Puppetlabs reports :

Previously, Puppet operated on a model that a node with a valid certificate was entitled to all information in the system and that a compromised certificate allowed access to everything in the infrastructure. When a node's catalog falls back to the `default` node, the catalog can be retrieved for a different node by modifying facts for the Puppet run. This issue can be mitigated by setting `strict_hostname_checking = true` in `puppet.conf` on your Puppet master.

Puppet 6.13.0 changes the default behavior for strict_hostname_checking from false to true. It is recommended that Puppet Open Source and Puppet Enterprise users that are not upgrading still set strict_hostname_checking to true to ensure secure behavior.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:4366 advisory.

    Red Hat Satellite is a systems management tool for Linux-based     infrastructure. It allows for provisioning, remote management, and     monitoring of multiple Linux deployments with a single centralized tool.

    Security Fix(es):

    * mysql-connector-java: Connector/J unspecified vulnerability (CPU October 2018) (CVE-2018-3258)
    * netty: HTTP Request Smuggling due to Transfer-Encoding whitespace mishandling (CVE-2020-7238)
    * rubygem-websocket-extensions: ReDoS vulnerability in Sec-WebSocket-Extensions parser (CVE-2020-7663)
    * puppet: puppet server and puppetDB may leak sensitive information via metrics API (CVE-2020-7943)
    * jackson-databind: multiple serialization gadgets (CVE-2020-8840 CVE-2020-9546 CVE-2020-9547     CVE-2020-9548 CVE-2020-10968 CVE-2020-10969 CVE-2020-11619 CVE-2020-14061 CVE-2020-14062 CVE-2020-14195)
    * foreman: unauthorized cache read on RPM-based installations through local user (CVE-2020-14334)
    * Satellite: Local user impersonation by Single sign-on (SSO) user leads to account takeover     (CVE-2020-14380)
    * Django: Incorrect HTTP detection with reverse-proxy connecting via HTTPS (CVE-2019-12781)
    * rubygem-rack: hijack sessions by using timing attacks targeting the session id (CVE-2019-16782)
    * rubygem-secure_headers: limited header injection when using dynamic overrides with user input     (CVE-2020-5216)
    * rubygem-secure_headers: directive injection when using dynamic overrides with user input (CVE-2020-5217)
    * rubygem-actionview: views that use the `j` or `escape_javascript` methods are susceptible to XSS attacks     (CVE-2020-5267)
    * puppet: Arbitrary catalog retrieval (CVE-2020-7942)
    * rubygem-rack: directory traversal in Rack::Directory (CVE-2020-8161)
    * rubygem-rack: percent-encoded cookies can be used to overwrite existing prefixed cookie names     (CVE-2020-8184)
    * hibernate-validator: Improper input validation in the interpolation of constraint error messages     (CVE-2020-10693)
    * puppet-agent: Puppet Agent does not properly verify SSL connection when downloading a CRL     (CVE-2018-11751)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS     score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE     page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    * Provides the Satellite Ansible Modules that allow for full automation of your Satellite configuration     and deployment.

    * Adds ability to install Satellite and Capsules and manage hosts in a IPv6 network environment

    * Ansible based Capsule Upgrade automation: Ability to centrally upgrade all of your Capsule servers with     a single job execution.

    * Platform upgrades to Postgres 12, Ansible 2.9, Ruby on Rails and latest version of Puppet

    * Support for HTTP UEFI provisioning

    * Support for CAC card authentication with Keycloak integration

    * Add ability to upgrade Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 hosts to version 8 using the LEAPP based tooling.

    * Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Traces integration

    * satellite-maintain & foreman-maintain are now self updating

    * Notifications in the UI to warn users when subscriptions are expiring.

    The items above are not a complete list of changes. This update also fixes     several bugs and adds various enhancements. Documentation for these changes     is available from the Release Notes document linked to in the References     section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Previously, Puppet operated on a model that a node with a valid certificate was entitled to all     information in the system and that a compromised certificate allowed access to everything in the     infrastructure. When a node's catalog falls back to the `default` node, the catalog can be retrieved for a     different node by modifying facts for the Puppet run. This issue can be mitigated by setting     `strict_hostname_checking = true` in `puppet.conf` on your Puppet master. Puppet 6.13.0 and 5.5.19 changes     the default behavior for strict_hostname_checking from false to true. It is recommended that Puppet Open     Source and Puppet Enterprise users that are not upgrading still set strict_hostname_checking to true to     ensure secure behavior. Affected software versions: Puppet 6.x prior to 6.13.0 Puppet Agent 6.x prior to     6.13.0 Puppet 5.5.x prior to 5.5.19 Puppet Agent 5.5.x prior to 5.5.19 Resolved in: Puppet 6.13.0 Puppet     Agent 6.13.0 Puppet 5.5.19 Puppet Agent 5.5.19 (CVE-2020-7942)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
415266	SCA: security update for puppet (GHSA-gqvf-892r-vjm5)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	1/23/2025	7/2/2026	medium
415266	SCA: security update for puppet (GHSA-gqvf-892r-vjm5)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	1/23/2025	7/2/2026	medium
134844	FreeBSD : puppet6 -- Arbitrary Catalog Retrieval (77687355-52aa-11ea-b115-643150d3111d)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	3/24/2020	3/21/2024	medium
142452	RHEL 7 : Satellite 6.8 (Important) (RHSA-2020:4366)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	11/4/2020	11/7/2024	critical
230224	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-7942	Nessus	Misc.	3/5/2025	8/30/2025	medium

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