Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71147
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2419-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'puppet' package(s) announced via the DSA-2419-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'puppet' package(s) announced via the DSA-2419-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Two vulnerabilities were discovered in Puppet, a centralized configuration management tool. CVE-2012-1053 Puppet runs execs with an unintended group privileges, potentially leading to privilege escalation. CVE-2012-1054 The k5login type writes to untrusted locations, enabling local users to escalate their privileges if the k5login type is used. For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.2-5+squeeze4. For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 2.7.11-1. We recommend that you upgrade your puppet packages. Affected Software/OS: 'puppet' package(s) on Debian 6. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.9 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-1053 BugTraq ID: 52158 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158 Debian Security Information: DSA-2419 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459 http://www.osvdb.org/79495 http://secunia.com/advisories/48157 http://secunia.com/advisories/48161 http://secunia.com/advisories/48166 http://secunia.com/advisories/48290 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0325 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0835 (Google Search) https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1 XForce ISS Database: puppet-forked-priv-escalation(73445) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73445 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-1054 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460 http://www.osvdb.org/79496 XForce ISS Database: puppet-k5login-type-symlink(73446) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73446
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