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Gentoo: GLSA-201203-03 High: Local Attack Risk with Puppet Software

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Calendar Grey March 6, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical security update regarding privilege escalation flaws in Puppet for Gentoo users. Ensure you upgrade promptly for enhanced protection.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, the worst of which might allow local attackers to gain escalated privileges.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Puppet. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo local attack risk assessment elevated privileges puppet

Resolution

All Puppet users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppet-2.7.11"

References

[ 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

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201203-03
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Concerns

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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: March 06, 2012
Bugs: #303729, #308031, #384859, #385149, #388161, #403963
ID: 201203-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity gentoo local attack risk assessment elevated privileges puppet

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, the worst of which might allow local attackers to gain escalated privileges.

Background

Puppet is a system configuration management tool written in Ruby.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/puppet < 2.7.11 >= 2.7.11

Impact

===== 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

There is no known workaround at this time.

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