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Amazon Linux AMI : puppet (ALAS-2014-288)

low Nessus Plugin ID 72306

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.

Solution

Run 'yum update puppet' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2014-288.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 72306

File Name: ala_ALAS-2014-288.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2014

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:puppet, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:puppet-server, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:puppet-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/3/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4969

ALAS: 2014-288