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Gentoo: GLSA-201308-04 High: Puppet Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey August 23, 2013
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Numerous security flaws in Gentoo's Puppet could potentially permit unauthorized code execution. Promptly upgrade to reduce exposure.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

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 Gentoo high severity execution threat Puppet

Resolution

All Puppet users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppet-2.7.23"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2012-6120 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-6120 [ 2 ] CVE-2013-1640 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1640 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-1652 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1652 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-1653 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1653 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-1654 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1654 [ 6 ] CVE-2013-1655 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-1655 [ 7 ] CVE-2013-2274 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2274 [ 8 ] CVE-2013-2275 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2275 [ 9 ] CVE-2013-3567 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3567 [ 10 ] CVE-2013-4956 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cvm?cvename=CVE-2013-4761 [ 11 ] CVE-2013-4956 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cvm?cvename=CVE-2013-4956

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201308-04
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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 23, 2013
Bugs: #456002, #461656, #473720, #481186
ID: 201308-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo high severity execution threat 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 < 2.7.23 >= 2.7.23

Impact

===== A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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