What is CVE-2015-8470?

CVE-2015-8470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2015-8470?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Puppet Enterprise

CVE-2015-8470

The console in Puppet Enterprise 3.7.x, 3.8.x, and 2015.2.x does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONID cookie in an HTTPS session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an HTTP session.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.016 (73.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Puppet Puppet_enterprise
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8470?: CVE-2015-8470 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2015-8470?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.