Debian DSA-2511-1: Puppet Remote Access Threats Identified
debian
July 12, 2012
Several security vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, a centralized configuration management: CVE-2012-3864
Topics Covered
Summary
Several security vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, a
centralized configuration management:
CVE-2012-3864
Authenticated clients could read arbitrary files on the puppet master.
CVE-2012-3865
Authenticated clients could delete arbitrary files on the puppet master.
CVE-2012-3866
The report of the most recent Puppet run was stored with world-
readable permissions, resulting in information disclosure.
CVE-2012-3867
Agent hostnames were insufficiently validated.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.2-5+squeeze6.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.7.18-1.
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/
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Package: puppet
CVE ID: CVE-2012-3864 CVE-2012-3865 CVE-2012-3866 CVE-2012-3867
Topics Covered
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