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Debian: DSA-2352-1 Critical: Puppet Man-in-the-Middle Attack Fix

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Calendar Grey November 22, 2011
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A flaw in Puppet's certificate generation raises susceptibility to man-in-the-middle threats. All Debian users advised to apply the necessary patches.
It was discovered that Puppet, a centralized configuration management solution, misgenerated certificates if the "certdnsnames" option was used

Summary

It was discovered that Puppet, a centralized configuration management
solution, misgenerated certificates if the "certdnsnames" option was
used. This could lead to man in the middle attacks. More details are
available at https://portal.perforce.com/s/cve-dashboard?CVE__c-filterId=00BPA0000009fOv2AI

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.24.5-3+lenny2.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.2-5+squeeze3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7.6-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your puppet packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: puppet
CVE ID: CVE-2011-3872

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