Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201203-3 - Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet, the worst of which might allow local attackers to gain escalated privileges. Versions less than 2.7.11 are affected.
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Ubuntu Security Notice 917-1 - It was discovered that Puppet did not drop supplementary groups when being run as a different user. A local user may be able to use this flaw to bypass security restrictions and gain access to restricted files. It was discovered that Puppet did not correctly handle temporary files. A local user can exploit this flaw to bypass security restrictions and overwrite arbitrary files.
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