GLSA 201308-04: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	high
Title:	Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	08/23/2013
Bugs:	#456002, #461656, #473720, #481186
ID:	201308-04

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, the worst of which could lead to execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Puppet is a system configuration management tool written in Ruby.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
app-admin/puppet	< 2.7.23	>= 2.7.23	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Puppet. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain sensitive information, or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Puppet users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppet-2.7.23"
    

References

• CVE-2012-6120
• CVE-2013-1640
• CVE-2013-1652
• CVE-2013-1653
• CVE-2013-1654
• CVE-2013-1655
• CVE-2013-2274
• CVE-2013-2275
• CVE-2013-3567
• CVE-2013-4761
• CVE-2013-4956

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201308-04.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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