Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201710-12 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet Agent, the worst of which could result in the execution of arbitrary code. Versions less than 1.7.1 are affected.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201710-12
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https://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Puppet Agent: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 13, 2017
Bugs: #597684
ID: 201710-12
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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet Agent, the worst of
which could result in the execution of arbitrary code.
Background
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Puppet Agent contains Puppetas main code and all of the dependencies
needed to run it, including Facter, Hiera, and bundled versions of Ruby
and OpenSSL.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-admin/puppet-agent < 1.7.1 >= 1.7.1
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Puppet Agent. Please
review the references for details.
Impact
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A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
privileges of the process or obtain sensitive information.
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
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All Puppet Agent users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppet-agent-1.7.1"
References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2016-5714
https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-5714
[ 2 ] Puppet Security Advise Oct 2016
https://puppet.com/security/cve/pxp-agent-oct-2016
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-12
Concerns?
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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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Copyright 2017 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.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5