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[USN-1217-1] Puppet vulnerability

Posted on 29 September 2011
Ubuntu Security

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1217-1
September 29, 2011

puppet vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 11.04
- Ubuntu 10.10
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

An attacker could send crafted input to puppet and cause it to overwrite
files.

Software Description:
- puppet: Centralized configuration management - agent startup and compatib

Details:

Kristian Erik Hermansen discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in
the SSLFile indirection base class. A remote attacker could exploit this to
overwrite files with the privileges of the Puppet Master.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 11.04:
puppet-common 2.6.4-2ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 10.10:
puppet-common 2.6.1-0ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
puppet-common 0.25.4-2ubuntu6.2

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1217-1
CVE-2011-3848

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/2.6.4-2ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/2.6.1-0ubuntu2.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/0.25.4-2ubuntu6.2

 

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