Summary
The remote host is missing an update to puppet
announced via advisory DSA 2352-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%202352-1
Insight
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 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3872/
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.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-3872 -
CVSS Base Score: 2.6
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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