CVE-2015-7328

Publication date 8 January 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Puppet Server in Puppet Enterprise before 3.8.x before 3.8.3 and 2015.2.x before 2015.2.3 uses world-readable permissions for the private key of the Certification Authority (CA) certificate during the initial installation and configuration, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
puppet	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	12.04 LTS precise	Not affected

Notes

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Puppet Enterprise only

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.7 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N