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Ubuntu 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : puppet vulnerabilities (USN-1759-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 65251
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Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.Description
It was discovered that Puppet agents incorrectly handled certain kick connections in a non-default configuration. An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2013-1653)It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain catalog requests. An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code on the master. (CVE-2013-1640)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain client requests. An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly perform unauthorized actions. (CVE-2013-1652)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain SSL connections. An attacker could use this issue to possibly downgrade connections to SSLv2. (CVE-2013-1654)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled serialized attributes. An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary.
(CVE-2013-1655)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled submitted reports.
An attacker on an authenticated node could use this issue to possibly submit a report for any other node. (CVE-2013-2275).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected puppet-common package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 65251
File Name: ubuntu_USN-1759-1.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 3/13/2013
Updated: 9/19/2019
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppet-common, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release
Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-1640, CVE-2013-1652, CVE-2013-1653, CVE-2013-1654, CVE-2013-1655, CVE-2013-2275
USN: 1759-1