DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3251

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3251

    Published: 12 Aug 2014Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3251

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-3251

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mcollective

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/mcollective?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.6.0+dfsg-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High