GLSA 201606-02: Puppet Server and Agent: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:Puppet Server and Agent: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:06/05/2016
Bugs: #577450, #581372
ID:201606-02

Synopsis

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

Background

Puppet Agent contains Puppet’s main code and all of the dependencies needed to run it, including Facter, Hiera, and bundled versions of Ruby and OpenSSL.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
app-admin/puppet-agent < 1.4.2 >= 1.4.2 All supported architectures
app-admin/puppetserver < 2.3.2 >= 2.3.2 All supported architectures

Description

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

Impact

Remote attackers, impersonating a trusted broker, could potentially execute arbitrary code.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Puppet Agent users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppet-agent-1.4.2"
    

All Puppet Server users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppetserver-2.3.2"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201606-02.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

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

Thank you!