Puppet Agent 5.3.4 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Puppet Agent 5.3.4. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-10690. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Puppet Agent 5.3.4 (Service Management Software) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible for the agent to retrieve facts from an environment that it was not classified to retrieve from. This was resolved in Puppet Agent 5.3.4, included in Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.4

The bug was discovered 02/05/2018. The weakness was presented 02/09/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at puppet.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-10690 since 06/29/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Required for exploitation is a simple authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 118185 (RHEL 7 : Satellite Server (RHSA-2018:2927)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 9 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (118185). See VDB-104477, VDB-110012, VDB-115808 and VDB-115880 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Puppet Agent 5.3.4
  • Puppet Enterprise 2017.3.4

Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 118185
Nessus Name: RHEL 7 : Satellite Server (RHSA-2018:2927)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/29/2017 🔍
02/05/2018 +221 days 🔍
02/09/2018 +4 days 🔍
02/09/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/10/2018 +1 days 🔍
10/16/2018 +248 days 🔍
10/18/2018 +2 days 🔍
02/06/2023 +1572 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2018:2927
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-10690 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-10690
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-113063
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/10/2018 09:06
Updated: 02/06/2023 09:43
Changes: 02/10/2018 09:06 (62), 01/03/2020 13:30 (8), 02/06/2023 09:43 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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