UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1894

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-1894
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1894.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-1894
Upstream
Published
2023-05-04T23:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:55:38Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) issue was discovered in Puppet Server 7.9.2 certificate validation. An issue related to specifically crafted certificate names significantly slowed down server operations.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / puppet

Package

Name
puppet
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/puppet@3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.2.4-2ubuntu2
3.3.1-1ubuntu1
3.3.1-1ubuntu2
3.3.1-1ubuntu3
3.4.2-1
3.4.3-1
3.4.3-1ubuntu1
3.4.3-1ubuntu1.1
3.4.3-1ubuntu1.2
3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "puppet"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "puppet-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "puppet-el"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "puppet-testsuite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3",
            "binary_name": "vim-puppet"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / puppet

Package

Name
puppet
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/puppet@3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*

3.7.2-5ubuntu2
3.8.4-1ubuntu1
3.8.5-1ubuntu1
3.8.5-2
3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1
3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppet"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppet-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppet-el"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppet-testsuite"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.8.5-2ubuntu0.1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "vim-puppet"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / puppet

Package

Name
puppet
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/puppet@5.4.0-2ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.10.4-2ubuntu1
4.10.4-2ubuntu2
4.10.4-2ubuntu3

5.*

5.4.0-2ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-2ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppet"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-2ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppet-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-2ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppet-master"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-2ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppet-master-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-2ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-2ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster-passenger"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / puppet

Package

Name
puppet
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/puppet@5.5.10-4ubuntu3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.4.0-2ubuntu3
5.5.10-4ubuntu3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.10-4ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppet"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.10-4ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppet-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.10-4ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppet-master"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.10-4ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppet-master-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.10-4ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.10-4ubuntu3",
            "binary_name": "puppetmaster-passenger"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / puppet

Package

Name
puppet
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/puppet@5.5.22-4ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.5.22-1ubuntu1
5.5.22-4
5.5.22-4ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.22-4ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "puppet"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.22-4ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "puppet-master"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.5.22-4ubuntu0.2",
            "binary_name": "puppet-master-passenger"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / puppetserver

Package

Name
puppetserver
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/puppetserver@8.4.0-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

7.*

7.9.5-2

8.*

8.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.4.0-1",
            "binary_name": "puppet-master"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.4.0-1",
            "binary_name": "puppet-master-passenger"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.4.0-1",
            "binary_name": "puppetserver"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / puppetserver

Package

Name
puppetserver
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/puppetserver@8.7.0-3?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*

8.4.0-4
8.4.0-7
8.7.0-1
8.7.0-2
8.7.0-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.7.0-3",
            "binary_name": "puppetserver"
        }
    ]
}