Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users up to 2.0.1 SSL Key command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users up to 2.0.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the component SSL Key. Executing a manipulation can lead to command injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-1988. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users up to 2.0.1 (Service Management Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component SSL Key. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

The weakness was presented 05/29/2012 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at hermes.opensuse.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2012-1988 since 04/02/2012. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1202.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 58753 (Debian DSA-2451-1 : puppet - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165493 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for Puppet (SUSE-SU-2012:0771-1)).

Upgrading to version 2.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (74796), Tenable (58753), SecurityFocus (BID 52975†), OSVDB (81309†) and Secunia (SA48743†). See VDB-61128, VDB-60867, VDB-60866 and VDB-60865 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 58753
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2451-1 : puppet - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 71255
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2451-1 (puppet)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Puppet Enterprise Users 2.0.2

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04/11/2012 +9 days 🔍
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05/29/2012 +48 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +970 days 🔍
12/03/2021 +2447 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: puppet.com

Advisory: DSA-2451
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-1988 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-1988
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60868

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X-Force: 74796
SecurityFocus: 52975 - Puppet Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 48743 - Puppet Multiple Vulnerabilities, Less Critical
OSVDB: 81309
Vulnerability Center: 35707 - Puppet and Puppet Enterprise Users Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 12/03/2021 08:41
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/14/2017 15:38 (14), 12/03/2021 08:35 (3), 12/03/2021 08:37 (1), 12/03/2021 08:41 (2)
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