Name: CVE-2014-3251: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2014-08-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2014-3251, CWE-362, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.00027

The MCollective aes_security plugin, as used in Puppet Enterprise before 3.3.0 and Mcollective before 2.5.3, does not properly validate new server certificates based on the CA certificate, which allows local users to establish unauthorized Mcollective connections via unspecified vectors related to a race condition.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade mcollective	Jul 30, 2024	Aug 12, 2014
Freebsd	—	Upgrade mcollective	Dec 10, 2025	Jul 21, 2014
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade app-admin/mcollective.	Oct 30, 2017	Aug 12, 2014

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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