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Debian: DLA-1012-1 Critical Remote Code Execution in Puppet

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Calendar Grey July 3, 2017
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Puppet security patch addresses CVE-2017-2295 to mitigate risky deserialization that could enable remote code execution.
Versions of Puppet prior to 4.10.1 will deserialize data off the wire (from the agent to the server, in this case) with a attacker-specified format
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Summary

We recommend that you upgrade your puppet packages. Make sure you
update all your clients before you update the server otherwise older
clients won't be able to connect to the server.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: puppet
Version: 2.7.23-1~deb7u4
CVE ID: CVE-2017-2295
Debian Bug: 863212

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