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Debian DSA-2761-1 : puppet - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 70002
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in puppet, a centralized configuration management system. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :- CVE-2013-4761 The 'resource_type' service (disabled by default) could be used to make puppet load arbitrary Ruby code from puppet master's file system.
- CVE-2013-4956 Modules installed with the Puppet Module Tool might be installed with weak permissions, possibly allowing local users to read or modify them.
The stable distribution (wheezy) has been updated to version 2.7.33 of puppet. This version includes the patches for all the previous DSAs related to puppet in wheezy. In this version, the puppet report format is now correctly reported as version 3.
It is to be expected that future DSAs for puppet update to a newer, bug fix-only, release of the 2.7 branch.
The oldstable distribution (squeeze) has not been updated for this advisory: as of this time there is no fix for CVE-2013-4761 and the package is not affected by CVE-2013-4956.
Solution
Upgrade the puppet packages.For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.23-1~deb7u1.
See Also
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4761
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4956
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 70002
File Name: debian_DSA-2761.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 9/20/2013
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.1
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:puppet, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/19/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-4761, CVE-2013-4956
DSA: 2761