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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 / 11.10 : puppet vulnerabilities (USN-1372-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 58118
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that Puppet did not drop privileges when executing commands as different users. If an attacker had control of the execution manifests or the executed command, this could be used to execute code with elevated group permissions (typically root).(CVE-2012-1053)
It was discovered that Puppet unsafely opened files when the k5login type is used to manage files. A local attacker could exploit this to overwrite arbitrary files and escalate privileges. (CVE-2012-1054).
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Solution
Update the affected puppet-common package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 58118
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1372-1.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 2/24/2012
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppet-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/23/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/29/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-1053, CVE-2012-1054
BID: 52158
USN: 1372-1