CVE-2018-11749

published 2018-08-24

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…

Priority P3 44 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0

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

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.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	puppet	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	<= 2016.4.14	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	—	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	2017.3.0 – 2017.3.9	—
puppet	puppet_enterprise	2018.1.0 – 2018.1.3	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

vendor_debian 9.8 LOW

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