Debian DSA-2419-1 : puppet - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58136

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Puppet, a centralized configuration management tool.

- CVE-2012-1053 Puppet runs execs with an unintended group privileges, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

- CVE-2012-1054 The k5login type writes to untrusted locations, enabling local users to escalate their privileges if the k5login type is used.

Solution

Upgrade the puppet packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.2-5+squeeze4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58136

File Name: debian_DSA-2419.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/28/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:puppet

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1053, CVE-2012-1054

BID: 52158

DSA: 2419

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