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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : puppet (MDVSA-2014:040)

low Nessus Plugin ID 72564

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in puppet :

Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files (CVE-2013-4969).

The updated packages have been upgraded to the 2.7.25 version which is not vulnerable to this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 72564

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-040.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 2/19/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:puppet-server, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:vim-puppet, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:emacs-puppet, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:puppet

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4969

BID: 64552

MDVSA: 2014:040