Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users up to 2.0.1 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users up to 2.0.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2012-1054. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users up to 2.0.1 (Service Management Software). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is some unknown processing. 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, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.

The weakness was shared 05/29/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at hermes.opensuse.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2012-1054 since 02/13/2012. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69660 (Amazon Linux AMI : puppet (ALAS-2012-53)), 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 350694 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for puppet: ALAS-2012-053).

Upgrading to version 2.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (73446), Tenable (69660), SecurityFocus (BID 52158†), OSVDB (79496†) and Secunia (SA48157†). The entries VDB-61128, VDB-60868, VDB-60867 and VDB-60866 are related to this item. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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: 69660
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : puppet (ALAS-2012-53)
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OpenVAS ID: 71147
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2419-1 (puppet)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Puppet Enterprise Users 2.0.2

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02/13/2012 🔍
02/24/2012 +11 days 🔍
02/28/2012 +4 days 🔍
05/29/2012 +91 days 🔍
05/29/2012 +0 days 🔍
05/31/2012 +2 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1026 days 🔍
12/03/2021 +2447 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: puppet.com

Advisory: usn-1372-1
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-1054 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1054
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60864

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X-Force: 73446
SecurityFocus: 52158
Secunia: 48157 - Debian update for puppet, Less Critical
OSVDB: 79496
Vulnerability Center: 35238 - Puppet and Puppet Enterprise Users Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability via a Symlink Attack, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/03/2021 08:03
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 04/13/2017 12:56 (11), 12/03/2021 07:51 (3), 12/03/2021 07:57 (1), 12/03/2021 08:03 (1)
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