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GLSA-201208-02 : Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61541

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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-201208-02 (Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet:
 Puppet uses predictable file names for temporary files (CVE-2012-1906).
 REST requests for a file in a remote filebucket are not handled properly by overriding filebucket storage locations (CVE-2012-1986).
 REST requests for a file in a remote filebucket are not handled properly by reading streams or writing files on the Puppet master's file system (CVE-2012-1987).
 File name paths are not properly sanitized from bucket requests (CVE-2012-1988).
 The Telnet utility in Puppet does not handle temporary files securely (CVE-2012-1989).
 Impact :

 A local attacker with access to agent SSL keys could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or perform symlink attacks to overwrite or read arbitrary files on the Puppet master.
 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-2.7.13'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201208-02

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61541

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201208-02.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 8/15/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

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: 8/14/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1906, CVE-2012-1986, CVE-2012-1987, CVE-2012-1988, CVE-2012-1989

BID: 52975

GLSA: 201208-02