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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201710-12 ] Puppet Agent: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 23:34:51
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201710-12
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Puppet Agent: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: October 13, 2017
10 Bugs: #597684
11 ID: 201710-12
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet Agent, the worst of
19 which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 Puppet Agent contains Puppet’s main code and all of the dependencies
25 needed to run it, including Facter, Hiera, and bundled versions of Ruby
26 and OpenSSL.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 app-admin/puppet-agent < 1.7.1 >= 1.7.1
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Puppet Agent. Please
40 review the references for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
46 privileges of the process or obtain sensitive information.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All Puppet Agent users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppet-agent-1.7.1"
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61 References
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64 [ 1 ] CVE-2016-5714
65 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5714
66 [ 2 ] Puppet Security Advise Oct 2016
67 https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016
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69 Availability
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72 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
73 the Gentoo Security Website:
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75 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12
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77 Concerns?
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80 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
81 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
82 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
83 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
84 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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86 License
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89 Copyright 2017 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
90 belongs to its owner(s).
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92 The contents of this document are licensed under the
93 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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95 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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