Several security vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, a centralized configuration management :
CVE-2012-3864 Authenticated clients could read arbitrary files on the puppet master.
CVE-2012-3865 Authenticated clients could delete arbitrary files on the puppet master.
CVE-2012-3866 The report of the most recent Puppet run was stored with world readable permissions, resulting in information disclosure.
CVE-2012-3867 Agent hostnames were insufficiently validated.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-2511. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(60002);
script_version("1.10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/11");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3864", "CVE-2012-3865", "CVE-2012-3866", "CVE-2012-3867");
script_bugtraq_id(54399);
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"2511");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-2511-1 : puppet - several vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Several security vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, a
centralized configuration management :
- CVE-2012-3864
Authenticated clients could read arbitrary files on the
puppet master.
- CVE-2012-3865
Authenticated clients could delete arbitrary files on
the puppet master.
- CVE-2012-3866
The report of the most recent Puppet run was stored with
world readable permissions, resulting in information
disclosure.
- CVE-2012-3867
Agent hostnames were insufficiently validated."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3864"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3865"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3866"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3867"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/puppet"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the puppet packages.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.2-5+squeeze6."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:puppet");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2012/07/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/07/18");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"puppet", reference:"2.6.2-5+squeeze6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"puppet-common", reference:"2.6.2-5+squeeze6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"puppet-el", reference:"2.6.2-5+squeeze6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"puppet-testsuite", reference:"2.6.2-5+squeeze6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"puppetmaster", reference:"2.6.2-5+squeeze6")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"6.0", prefix:"vim-puppet", reference:"2.6.2-5+squeeze6")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | puppet | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:puppet |
debian | debian_linux | 6.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3864
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3865
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3866
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3867
packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/puppet
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3864
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3865
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3866
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3867
www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511