CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2018-6517

Prior to version 0.3.0, chloride's use of net-ssh resulted in host fingerprints for previously unknown hosts getting added to the user's known_hosts file without confirmation. In version 0.3.0 this is updated so that the user's known_hosts file is not updated by chloride.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6517 Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:puppet:chloride:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2019-03-21 04:00

Updated : 2019-10-03 12:03

NVD link : CVE-2018-6517

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6517

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation