SuSE 11.1 Security Update : puppet (SAT Patch Number 5876)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58203

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of puppet fixes two vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited by local attackers to escalate privileges due to improper privilege dropping and file handling issues (symlink flaws) in puppet.
(CVE-2012-1053 / CVE-2012-1054)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5876.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58203

File Name: suse_11_puppet-120224.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/5/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:puppet-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:puppet, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/24/2012

Reference Information

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

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