Ubuntu Update for puppet vulnerabilities USN-917-1. It was discovered that Puppet did not drop supplementary groups when being run as a different user. A local user may be able to use this flaw to bypass security restrictions and gain access to restricted files. It was discovered that Puppet did not correctly handle temporary files. A local user can exploit this flaw to bypass security restrictions and overwrite arbitrary files
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 35 |
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securityvulns | puppet privilege escalation | 25 Mar 201000:00 | – | securityvulns |
securityvulns | [USN-917-1] Puppet vulnerabilities | 25 Mar 201000:00 | – | securityvulns |
Tenable Nessus | Ubuntu 9.10 : puppet vulnerabilities (USN-917-1) | 25 Mar 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Fedora 12 : puppet-0.25.4-1.fc12 (2010-1372) | 1 Jul 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | openSUSE Security Update : puppet (openSUSE-SU-2010:0306-1) | 2 Jun 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | openSUSE Security Update : puppet (openSUSE-SU-2010:0306-1) | 2 Jun 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | Fedora 11 : puppet-0.25.4-1.fc11 (2010-1079) | 1 Jul 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | SuSE 11 Security Update : puppet (SAT Patch Number 2113) | 2 Dec 201000:00 | – | nessus |
Tenable Nessus | GLSA-201203-03 : Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities | 6 Mar 201200:00 | – | nessus |
Ubuntu | Puppet vulnerabilities | 24 Mar 201000:00 | – | ubuntu |
Source | Link |
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ubuntu | www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-917-1/ |
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_ubuntu_USN_917_1.nasl 7965 2017-12-01 07:38:25Z santu $
#
# Ubuntu Update for puppet vulnerabilities USN-917-1
#
# Authors:
# System Generated Check
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################
include("revisions-lib.inc");
tag_insight = "It was discovered that Puppet did not drop supplementary groups when being
run as a different user. A local user may be able to use this flaw to
bypass security restrictions and gain access to restricted files.
(CVE-2009-3564)
It was discovered that Puppet did not correctly handle temporary files. A
local user can exploit this flaw to bypass security restrictions and
overwrite arbitrary files. (CVE-2010-0156)";
tag_summary = "Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-917-1";
tag_affected = "puppet vulnerabilities on Ubuntu 9.10";
tag_solution = "Please Install the Updated Packages.";
if(description)
{
script_xref(name: "URL" , value: "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-917-1/");
script_id(840407);
script_version("$Revision: 7965 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-12-01 08:38:25 +0100 (Fri, 01 Dec 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-03-31 14:20:46 +0200 (Wed, 31 Mar 2010)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.7");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N");
script_xref(name: "USN", value: "917-1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3564", "CVE-2010-0156");
script_name("Ubuntu Update for puppet vulnerabilities USN-917-1");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Ubuntu Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/ubuntu_linux", "ssh/login/packages");
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");
release = get_kb_item("ssh/login/release");
res = "";
if(release == NULL){
exit(0);
}
if(release == "UBUNTU9.10")
{
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"puppet", ver:"0.24.8-2ubuntu4.1", rls:"UBUNTU9.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"puppetmaster", ver:"0.24.8-2ubuntu4.1", rls:"UBUNTU9.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"puppet-testsuite", ver:"0.24.8-2ubuntu4.1", rls:"UBUNTU9.10")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99); # Not vulnerable.
exit(0);
}
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