Puppet supports use of IP addresses in certnames without warning of potential risks (GHSA-vxf6-w9mp-95hm)
Published: 2017-10-24T18:33:38Z
Aliases: CVE-2012-3408
Severity: LOW · CWE: CWE-287

`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.

Affected packages:
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: puppet
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 0
fixed: 2.7.18