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GLSA-201203-03 : Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 58213
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Synopsis
The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201203-03 (Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities)Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Puppet. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact :
A local attacker could gain elevated privileges, or access and modify arbitrary files. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to spoof a Puppet Master or write X.509 Certificate Signing Requests to arbitrary locations.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All Puppet users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-admin/puppet-2.7.11'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 58213
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201203-03.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 3/6/2012
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:puppet, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-3564, CVE-2010-0156, CVE-2011-3848, CVE-2011-3869, CVE-2011-3870, CVE-2011-3871, CVE-2011-3872, CVE-2012-1053, CVE-2012-1054