Puppetlabs Puppet up to 2.7.4 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Puppetlabs Puppet. The impacted element is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2011-3871. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Puppetlabs Puppet (Service Management Software). This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing arbitrary files.

The weakness was released 10/27/2011 by Rick (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.fedoraproject.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-3871. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69570 (Amazon Linux AMI : puppet (ALAS-2011-11)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350736 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for puppet: ALAS-2011-011).

Upgrading to version 0.25.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (70275), Tenable (69570), SecurityFocus (BID 49909†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33503†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-59230 and VDB-59229. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 69570
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : puppet (ALAS-2011-11)
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OpenVAS ID: 70403
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2314-1 (puppet)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Puppet 0.25.4

Timelineinfo

09/28/2011 🔍
09/29/2011 +0 days 🔍
09/30/2011 +1 days 🔍
10/11/2011 +11 days 🔍
10/27/2011 +16 days 🔍
10/27/2011 +0 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1243 days 🔍
11/24/2021 +2438 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: puppet.com

Advisory: USN-1223-1
Researcher: Rick
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3871 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3871
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59231

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X-Force: 70275
SecurityFocus: 49909 - Puppet Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 46458
Vulnerability Center: 33503 - Puppet 2.6 through 2.6.10 and 2.7.4 Local Privilege Escalation due to a Predictable Filename, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/24/2021 20:07
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (61), 04/03/2017 17:53 (10), 11/24/2021 20:00 (6), 11/24/2021 20:07 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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