CVE-2018-11749

When users are configured to use startTLS with RBAC LDAP, at login time, the user's credentials are sent via plaintext to the LDAP server. This affects Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.3, 2017.3.9, and 2016.4.14, and is fixed in Puppet Enterprise 2018.1.4, 2017.3.10, and 2016.4.15. It scored an 8.5 CVSS score.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2018-11749	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

No history.

Information

Published : 2018-08-24 13:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:48

NVD link : CVE-2018-11749

Mitre link : CVE-2018-11749

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-11749

JSON object : View

Products Affected

puppet

puppet_enterprise

CWE

CWE-319

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

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