{"id":"CVE-2012-3867","details":"lib/puppet/ssl/certificate_authority.rb in Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, does not properly restrict the characters in the Common Name field of a Certificate Signing Request (CSR), which makes it easier for user-assisted remote attackers to trick administrators into signing a crafted agent certificate via ANSI control sequences.","aliases":["GHSA-q44r-f2hm-v76v"],"modified":"2026-04-10T03:42:25.906128Z","published":"2012-08-06T16:55:06Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:10581-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3867/"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/50014"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/dfedaa5fa841ccf335245a748b347b7c7c236640"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/f3419620b42080dad3b0be14470b20a972f13c50"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/dfedaa5fa841ccf335245a748b347b7c7c236640"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/f3419620b42080dad3b0be14470b20a972f13c50"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839158"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/dfedaa5fa841ccf335245a748b347b7c7c236640"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/f3419620b42080dad3b0be14470b20a972f13c50"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}