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Amazon Linux AMI : puppet (ALAS-2012-75)

low Nessus Plugin ID 69682

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Synopsis

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

Description

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with an authorized SSL key and certain permissions on the puppet master to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack in conjunction with a crafted REST request for a file in a filebucket.

Solution

Run 'yum update puppet' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-75.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 69682

File Name: ala_ALAS-2012-75.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: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

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: 5/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-1986

ALAS: 2012-75