[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201203-03 ] Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201203-03

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http://security.gentoo.org/

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Severity: High

Title: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

Date: March 06, 2012

Bugs: #303729, #308031, #384859, #385149, #388161, #403963

ID: 201203-03

 

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Synopsis

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, the worst of which

might allow local attackers to gain escalated privileges.

 

Background

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Puppet is a system configuration management tool written in Ruby.

 

Affected packages

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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1 app-admin/puppet < 2.7.11 >= 2.7.11

 

Description

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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Puppet. Please review

the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

 

Impact

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A local attacker could gain elevated privileges, or access and modify

arbitrary files. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to spoof a

Puppet Master or write X.509 Certificate Signing Requests to arbitrary

locations.

 

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

 

Resolution

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All Puppet users should upgrade to the latest version:

 

# emerge --sync

# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppet-2.7.11"

 

References

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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-3564

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3564

[ 2 ] CVE-2010-0156

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0156

[ 3 ] CVE-2011-3848

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3848

[ 4 ] CVE-2011-3869

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3869

[ 5 ] CVE-2011-3870

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3870

[ 6 ] CVE-2011-3871

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3871

[ 7 ] CVE-2011-3872

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3872

[ 8 ] CVE-2012-1053

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1053

[ 9 ] CVE-2012-1054

http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1054

 

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at

the Gentoo Security Website:

 

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-03.xml

 

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the

confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost

importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to

security ( -at -) gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at

https://bugs.gentoo.org.

 

License

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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text

belongs to its owner(s).

 

The contents of this document are licensed under the

Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

 

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5