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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201208-02
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 Severity: High
    Title: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: August 14, 2012
     Bugs: #410857
       ID: 201208-02

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

Background
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Puppet is a system configuration management tool written in Ruby.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  app-admin/puppet             < 2.7.13                  >= 2.7.13

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Puppet:

* Puppet uses predictable file names for temporary files
  (CVE-2012-1906).
* REST requests for a file in a remote filebucket are not handled
  properly by overriding filebucket storage locations (CVE-2012-1986).
* REST requests for a file in a remote filebucket are not handled
  properly by reading streams or writing files on the Puppet master's
  file system (CVE-2012-1987).
* File name paths are not properly sanitized from bucket requests
  (CVE-2012-1988).
* The Telnet utility in Puppet does not handle temporary files securely
  (CVE-2012-1989).

Impact
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A local attacker with access to agent SSL keys could possibly execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, cause a Denial of
Service condition, or perform symlink attacks to overwrite or read
arbitrary files on the Puppet master.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Puppet users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-admin/puppet-2.7.13"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-1906
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1906
[ 2 ] CVE-2012-1986
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1986
[ 3 ] CVE-2012-1987
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1987
[ 4 ] CVE-2012-1988
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1988
[ 5 ] CVE-2012-1989
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-1989

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-02.xml

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 2012 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