Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120328
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2015-484)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'puppet' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-484 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'puppet' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2015-484 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so, or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine. Affected Software/OS: 'puppet' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-3248 BugTraq ID: 68035 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68035 http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/ http://secunia.com/advisories/59197 http://secunia.com/advisories/59200
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