CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.3%
On February 16, 2021, OpenSSL published security updates addressing CVE-2021-23841, CVE-2021-23839, and CVE-2021-23840. Previous releases of Puppet Agent contain a vulnerable version of OpenSSL. For more information about this vulnerability, refer to the OpenSSL security announcement.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text in this plugin were
# extracted from the PuppetLabs Security Advisory page. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Perforce Software, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(184148);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/11/02");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-23841", "CVE-2021-23839", "CVE-2021-23840");
script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2021-0025");
script_name(english:"Puppet Agent 6.x < 6.22.1 / 7.x < 7.6.1 Vulnerability");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"An instance of Puppet Agent installed on the remote system is affected by a vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"On February 16, 2021, OpenSSL published security updates addressing CVE-2021-23841, CVE-2021-23839, and
CVE-2021-23840. Previous releases of Puppet Agent contain a vulnerable version of OpenSSL. For more
information about this vulnerability, refer to the OpenSSL security announcement.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
# https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/openssl-february-2021-security-fixes
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?36a8a820");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.openssl.org/news/secadv/20210216.txt");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Puppet Agent version 6.22.1, 7.6.1 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-23839");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/05/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/05/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/11/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_agent");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("puppet_agent_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Puppet Agent");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Puppet Agent', win_local:TRUE);
var constraintList = [
{ 'min_version':'6.0', 'fixed_version':'6.22.1' },
{ 'min_version':'7.0', 'fixed_version':'7.6.1' }
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraintList, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.3%