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SUSE: 2014:0155-1 Important: Puppet Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 28, 2014
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SUSE has released a significant security update to tackle a major vulnerability in Puppet that could allow for remote code execution. This update includes vital patching guidance.
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Summary

This update for puppet fixes a remote code execution vulnerability in the "resource_type" service. (CVE-2013-4761) Additionally, the update prevents puppet from executing initialization scripts that could trigger a system reboot when handling "puppet resource service" calls. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-4761 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp3-puppet-8812 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-puppet-8812 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp2-puppet-8811

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution remote execution SUSE puppet

References

#835122 #853982

Cross- CVE-2013-4761

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4761.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2014:0155-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory code execution remote execution SUSE puppet

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