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Amazon Linux AMI : puppet (ALAS-2011-11)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69570

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing arbitrary files.

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the SSH authorized_keys file.

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file.

Solution

Run 'yum update puppet' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2011-11.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69570

File Name: ala_ALAS-2011-11.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2013

Updated: 4/18/2018

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:puppet, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:puppet-server, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:puppet-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3869, CVE-2011-3870, CVE-2011-3871

ALAS: 2011-11