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Debian 2.6.2-5: DSA-2419-1 Moderate: Puppet Local Escalation

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2012
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Address security in Puppet as per Debian Advisory DSA-2419-1 by mitigating code execution risks and unauthorized data access through strict controls
Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Puppet, a centralized configuration management tool
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Summary

Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Puppet, a centralized
configuration management tool.

CVE-2012-1053
Puppet runs execs with an unintended group privileges,
potentially leading to privilege escalation.

CVE-2012-1054
The k5login type writes to untrusted locations,
enabling local users to escalate their privileges
if the k5login type is used.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.6.2-5+squeeze4.

For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution
(sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.11-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your puppet packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



Package: puppet
CVE ID: CVE-2012-1053 CVE-2012-1054

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