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Ubuntu 9.10 : puppet vulnerabilities (USN-917-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 45342
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that Puppet did not drop supplementary groups when being run as a different user. A local user may be able to use this flaw to bypass security restrictions and gain access to restricted files. (CVE-2009-3564)It was discovered that Puppet did not correctly handle temporary files. A local user can exploit this flaw to bypass security restrictions and overwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2010-0156).
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Solution
Update the affected puppet, puppet-testsuite and / or puppetmaster packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 45342
File Name: ubuntu_USN-917-1.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 3/25/2010
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.7
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppetmaster, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppet-testsuite, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3564, CVE-2010-0156