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Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1238-1)

🗓️ 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'puppet' package on Ubuntu is missing an update announced via USN-1238-1 advisory due to a vulnerability in handling 'certdnsnames' option

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.840783");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3872");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-10-31 12:45:00 +0000 (Mon, 31 Oct 2011)");
  script_version("2024-02-02T05:06:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-02 05:06:04 +0000 (Fri, 02 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.6");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");

  script_name("Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-1238-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=UBUNTU(10\.04\ LTS|10\.10|11\.04|11\.10)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"USN-1238-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1238-1");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'puppet' package(s) announced via the USN-1238-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled the non-default
'certdnsnames' option when generating certificates. If this setting was
added to puppet.conf, the puppet primary server's DNS alt names were added
to the X.509 Subject Alternative Name field of all certificates, not just
the puppet primary server's certificate. An attacker that has an incorrect
agent certificate in his possession can use it to impersonate the puppet
primary server in a machine-in-the-middle attack.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'puppet' package(s) on Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 10.10, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

release = dpkg_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "UBUNTU10.04 LTS") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"puppet-common", ver:"0.25.4-2ubuntu6.5", rls:"UBUNTU10.04 LTS"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU10.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"puppet-common", ver:"2.6.1-0ubuntu2.4", rls:"UBUNTU10.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU11.04") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"puppet-common", ver:"2.6.4-2ubuntu2.5", rls:"UBUNTU11.04"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

if(release == "UBUNTU11.10") {

  if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"puppet-common", ver:"2.7.1-1ubuntu3.2", rls:"UBUNTU11.10"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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02 Feb 2024 00:00Current
6.4Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.4
CVSS 22.6
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