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Debian DLA-29-1 : puppet security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 82177

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that the puppet package did not restrict the permissions and ownership of the /var/log/puppet directory, which may expose sensitive information.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2014/08/msg00000.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze-lts/puppet

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 82177

File Name: debian_DLA-29.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/26/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:vim-puppet, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:puppetmaster, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:puppet, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:puppet-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:puppet-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:puppet-el

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6120

BID: 58887