On 10/24/2011 04:02 PM, Michael Stahnke wrote:
> We have discovered a security vulnerability (“AltNames Vulnerability”)
> whereby a malicious attacker can impersonate the Puppet master using
> credentials from a Puppet agent node. This vulnerability cannot cross
> Puppet deployments, but it can allow an attacker with elevated
> privileges on one Puppet-managed node to gain control of any other
> Puppet-managed node within the same infrastructure.
> 
> All Puppet Enterprise deployments are vulnerable, and Puppet open
> source deployments may be, depending upon their site configuration.

As far as my understanding goes, I *should* be affected by this CVE, but don't
appear to be.  I'm:

* running puppet 0.25.5 (nginx/mongrel)
* I use certdnsnames to specify alternative names in my [puppetmaster] section
of my puppet.conf
* all my nodes connect to one of the alternative names in their [puppet]
section's "server" line

I only write the [puppetmaster] section in the puppet.conf file on my puppet
master server; are the subjectAltNames only added to the certificate request
if the config is present on the client nodes?

-Doug

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