SuSE 11.3 Security Update : puppet (SAT Patch Number 9472)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76424

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Puppet was updated to fix the following security issues :

- Unsafe use of temporary files. (CVE-2013-4969)

- Arbitrary code execution with required social engineering. (CVE-2014-3248 / CVE-2014-3250)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9472.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856843

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=879913

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4969.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3248.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3250.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76424

File Name: suse_11_puppet-140630.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/9/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:puppet-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:puppet, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4969, CVE-2014-3248, CVE-2014-3250