Puppetlabs Puppet up to 3.6.1 Privileges code

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Puppetlabs Puppet up to 3.6.1. It has been classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Privileges. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-3248. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Puppetlabs Puppet up to 3.6.1 (Service Management Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component Privileges. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-17. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so; or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine.

The weakness was shared 11/16/2014 (Website). The advisory is shared at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-3248 since 05/07/2014. The exploitation appears to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 80745 (Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : puppet (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_puppet1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Solaris Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 196803 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Puppet Vulnerabilities (USN-3308-1)).

Upgrading to version 3.6.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (93801), Tenable (80745), SecurityFocus (BID 68035†), Secunia (SA59197†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-47247†). The entries VDB-70063 and VDB-103137 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Code
CWE: CWE-17
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 80745
Nessus Name: Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : puppet (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_puppet1)
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OpenVAS ID: 14611
OpenVAS Name: Amazon Linux Local Check: ALAS-2015-484
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Puppet 3.6.1

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05/07/2014 🔍
06/10/2014 +34 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +3 days 🔍
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11/16/2014 +156 days 🔍
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11/24/2014 +8 days 🔍
01/19/2015 +56 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +67 days 🔍
04/04/2022 +2565 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: puppet.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2014-3248 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-3248
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-72889

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X-Force: 93801
SecurityFocus: 68035 - Multiple Puppet Products CVE-2014-3248 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 59197 - Puppet Security Bypass Security Issue and Code Execution Vulnerability, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 47247 - Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise, Puppet, Facter, Hiera and Mcollective Local Privilege Escalation via a Trojan Horse File, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 14:56
Updated: 04/04/2022 08:26
Changes: 03/27/2015 14:56 (69), 06/13/2017 08:28 (10), 04/04/2022 08:26 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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