CVE-2018-11749 Information

Description

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 Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2018-11749

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8