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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201203-03 |
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http://security.gentoo.org/ |
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Severity: High |
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Title: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities |
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Date: March 06, 2012 |
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Bugs: #303729, #308031, #384859, #385149, #388161, #403963 |
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ID: 201203-03 |
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Synopsis |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, the worst of which |
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might allow local attackers to gain escalated privileges. |
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Background |
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Puppet is a system configuration management tool written in Ruby. |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 app-admin/puppet < 2.7.11 >= 2.7.11 |
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Description |
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Puppet. Please review |
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the CVE identifiers referenced below for details. |
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Impact |
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A local attacker could gain elevated privileges, or access and modify |
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arbitrary files. Furthermore, a remote attacker may be able to spoof a |
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Puppet Master or write X.509 Certificate Signing Requests to arbitrary |
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locations. |
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Workaround |
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There is no known workaround at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Puppet users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppet-2.7.11" |
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References |
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========== |
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[ 1 ] CVE-2009-3564 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2009-3564 |
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[ 2 ] CVE-2010-0156 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-0156 |
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[ 3 ] CVE-2011-3848 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3848 |
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[ 4 ] CVE-2011-3869 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3869 |
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[ 5 ] CVE-2011-3870 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3870 |
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[ 6 ] CVE-2011-3871 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3871 |
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[ 7 ] CVE-2011-3872 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-3872 |
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[ 8 ] CVE-2012-1053 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1053 |
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[ 9 ] CVE-2012-1054 |
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http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1054 |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-03.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2012 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
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