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mcollective: aes_security.rb file creation vulnerability

Published Aug 12, 2014

Description

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.

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Remediation

Red Hat statement

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 is now in Production 1 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/openshift.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Aug 12, 2014
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved May 7, 2014
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Moderate
Public date Jul 15, 2014
ENISA EUVD
Assigner n/a
Published n/a
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