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Gentoo Linux: GLSA-201208-02 High: Puppet Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey August 14, 2012
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet: * Puppet uses predictable file names for temporary files (CVE-2012-1906). * REST requests for a file in a remote filebucket are not handled properly by overriding filebucket storage locations (CVE-2012-1986). * REST requests for a file in a remote filebucket are not handled properly by reading streams or writing files on the Puppet master's file system (CVE-2012-1987). * File name paths are not properly sanitized from bucket requests (CVE-2012-1988). * The Telnet utility in Puppet does not handle temporary files securely (CVE-2012-1989).

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity arbitrary code configuration management execution risk Puppet

Resolution

All Puppet users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppet-2.7.13"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-1906 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1906 [ 2 ] CVE-2012-1986 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1986 [ 3 ] CVE-2012-1987 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1987 [ 4 ] CVE-2012-1988 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1988 [ 5 ] CVE-2012-1989 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1989

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201208-02
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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: August 14, 2012
Bugs: #410857
ID: 201208-02

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity arbitrary code configuration management execution risk Puppet

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Puppet is a system configuration management tool written in Ruby.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-admin/puppet < 2.7.13 >= 2.7.13

Impact

===== A local attacker with access to agent SSL keys could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, or perform symlink attacks to overwrite or read arbitrary files on the Puppet master.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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