CVE-2009-3564

medium

Description

puppetmasterd in puppet 0.24.6 does not reset supplementary groups when it switches to a different user, which might allow local users to access restricted files.

References

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3564

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2009-3545

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475201

http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/1806

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-10-06

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N