Executive Summary

Summary
Title puppet regression update
Informations
Name DSA-2831 First vendor Publication 2013-12-31
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2014-01-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 2

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 2.1 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

The fix for CVE-2013-4969 contained a regression affecting the default file mode if none is specified on a file resource.

The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is not affected by this regression.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.23-1~deb7u3.

For the testing distribution (jessie) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.2-1.

For reference, the original advisory text follows.

An unsafe use of temporary files was discovered in Puppet, a tool for centralized configuration management. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability and overwrite an arbitrary file in the system.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.2-5+squeeze9.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.23-1~deb7u2.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your puppet packages.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2831

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21203
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21203
Title: DSA-2831-1 puppet - insecure temporary files
Description: An unsafe use of temporary files was discovered in Puppet, a tool for centralized configuration management. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability and overwrite an arbitrary file in the system.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2831-1
CVE-2013-4969
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/Linux 7
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7
Product(s): puppet
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21386
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:21386
Title: USN-2077-1 -- puppet vulnerability
Description: Puppet could be made to overwrite files.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-2077-1
CVE-2013-4969
Version: 5
Platform(s): Ubuntu 13.10
Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Product(s): puppet
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28582
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28582
Title: DSA-2831-2 -- puppet -- insecure temporary files
Description: An unsafe use of temporary files was discovered in Puppet, a tool for centralized configuration management. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability and overwrite an arbitrary file in the system.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2831-2
CVE-2013-4969
Version: 3
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Debian GNU/Linux 7.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0
Product(s): puppet
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 169
Application 36
Application 23
Os 4
Os 3

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-07-09 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_puppet-140630.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-03-21 Name : A web application on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.
File : puppet_enterprise_311.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-19 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-040.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-02-05 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2014-288.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-01-27 Name : A web application on the remote host is potentially affected by a file overwr...
File : puppet_cve_2013-4969.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-01-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-0825.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-01-24 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-0850.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-01-07 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-2077-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-01-02 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2831.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 11:32:27
  • Multiple Updates
2014-01-17 17:18:20
  • Multiple Updates
2014-01-08 21:24:13
  • Multiple Updates
2014-01-07 21:24:09
  • Multiple Updates
2013-12-31 21:19:07
  • First insertion