6.5

CVE-2014-3250: puppet Improper Certificate Validation

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-3250DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3250
Published 11-12-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-3250 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in puppet. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 11-12-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The default vhost configuration file in Puppet before 3.6.2 does not include the SSLCARevocationCheck directive, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a revoked certificate when a Puppet master runs with Apache 2.4.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.89% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.89%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • puppet< 3.7.0-1
Puppet1 product
Redhat1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • puppetAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

6 links