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A vulnerability was found in Reductivelabs puppet 0.24.6 (Service Management Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

puppetmasterd in puppet 0.24.6 does not reset supplementary groups when it switches to a different user, which might allow local users to access restricted files.

The weakness was released 10/06/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared at projects.reductivelabs.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-3564. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45342 (Ubuntu 9.10 : puppet vulnerabilities (USN-917-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 195073 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Puppet Vulnerabilities (USN-917-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (53683) and Tenable (45342).

Productinfo

Type

• Service Management Software

Vendor

• Reductivelabs

Name

• puppet

Version

• 0.24.6

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.2
VulDB Temp Score: 6.2
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 45342
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 9.10 : puppet vulnerabilities (USN-917-1)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 840407
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for puppet vulnerabilities USN-917-1
OpenVAS File: 🔍
OpenVAS Family: 🔍

Qualys ID: 🔍
Qualys Name: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Timelineinfo

10/05/2009 🔍
10/06/2009 +1 days 🔍
10/06/2009 +0 days 🔍
10/06/2009 +0 days 🔍
10/07/2009 +1 days 🔍
03/25/2010 +169 days 🔍
03/29/2010 +4 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +1815 days 🔍
08/23/2021 +2350 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: projects.reductivelabs.com
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2009-3564 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 53683
Vulnerability Center: 25185 - Puppet 0.24.6 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 36628 - Puppet Supplementary Groups Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/23/2021 14:30
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (60), 02/22/2017 10:51 (9), 08/23/2021 14:28 (4), 08/23/2021 14:30 (1)
Complete: 🔍

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