CVE-2023-5255 (GCVE-0-2023-5255)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-10-03 17:54
Modified
2024-09-19 19:29
Severity ?
4.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-404 - Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
Summary
For certificates that utilize the auto-renew feature in Puppet Server, a flaw exists which prevents the certificates from being revoked.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Puppet Puppet Enterprise Version: Puppet Enterprise 2023.3   ≤ 2023.4
Version: Puppet Server 8.2.0   ≤ 8.2.3
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