Executive Summary

Summary
Title Puppet vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-1759-1 First vendor Publication 2013-03-12
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2013-03-12
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

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:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 8 Authentication Requires single instance
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Detail

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

- Ubuntu 12.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS - Ubuntu 11.10

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Puppet.

Software Description: - puppet: Centralized configuration management

Details:

It was discovered that Puppet agents incorrectly handled certain kick connections in a non-default configuration. An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-1653)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain catalog requests. An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code on the master. (CVE-2013-1640)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain client requests. An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly perform unauthorized actions. (CVE-2013-1652)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain SSL connections. An attacker could use this issue to possibly downgrade connections to SSLv2. (CVE-2013-1654)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled serialized attributes. An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary. (CVE-2013-1655)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled submitted reports. An attacker on an authenticated node could use this issue to possibly submit a report for any other node. (CVE-2013-2275)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 12.10:
puppet-common 2.7.18-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
puppet-common 2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 11.10:
puppet-common 2.7.1-1ubuntu3.8

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1759-1
CVE-2013-1640, CVE-2013-1652, CVE-2013-1653, CVE-2013-1654,
CVE-2013-1655, CVE-2013-2275

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/2.7.18-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/2.7.1-1ubuntu3.8

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1759-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
50 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17328
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17328
Title: USN-1759-1 -- puppet vulnerabilities
Description: Several security issues were fixed in Puppet.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): USN-1759-1
CVE-2013-1653
CVE-2013-1640
CVE-2013-1652
CVE-2013-1654
CVE-2013-1655
CVE-2013-2275
Version: 7
Platform(s): Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10
Product(s): puppet
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17992
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17992
Title: DSA-2643-1 puppet - several issues
Description: Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in Puppet, a centralized configuration management system.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-2643-1
CVE-2013-1640
CVE-2013-1652
CVE-2013-1653
CVE-2013-1654
CVE-2013-1655
CVE-2013-2274
CVE-2013-2275
Version: 7
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 6.0
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 6.0
Product(s): puppet
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25947
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:25947
Title: SUSE-SU-2013:0618-1 -- Security update for puppet
Description: uppet has been updated to fix 2.6.18 multiple vulnerabilities and bugs.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): SUSE-SU-2013:0618-1
CVE-2013-1653
CVE-2013-2275
CVE-2013-1652
CVE-2013-2274
CVE-2013-1655
CVE-2013-1654
CVE-2013-1640
Version: 3
Platform(s): SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11
Product(s): puppet
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 130
Application 13
Application 22
Os 4

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2014-01-16 IAVM : 2014-A-0009 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in Oracle Fusion Middleware
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0043395

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2013-295.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2013-181.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-08-25 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201308-04.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-08-02 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-3935.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-26 Name : A web application on the remote host has a code execution vulnerability.
File : puppet_cve_2013-1655.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-26 Name : A configuration management application running on the remote host has multipl...
File : puppet_multiple_vulns.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-04 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_puppet-130320.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-01 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2013-4187.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-14 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_04042f9514b84382a8b9b30e365776cf.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-14 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_cda566a02df04eb0b70eed7a6fb0ab3c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-13 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-2643.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-03-13 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-1759-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:01:40
  • Multiple Updates
2013-03-21 21:19:22
  • Multiple Updates
2013-03-21 00:19:48
  • Multiple Updates
2013-03-12 22:06:54
  • First insertion