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Debian DSA-2352-1 : puppet - programming error

low Nessus Plugin ID 56923

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that Puppet, a centralized configuration management solution, misgenerated certificates if the 'certdnsnames' option was used. This could lead to man in the middle attacks. More details are available on the Puppet website.

Solution

Upgrade the puppet packages.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 0.24.5-3+lenny2.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.2-5+squeeze3.

See Also

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3872

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/puppet

https://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2352

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 56923

File Name: debian_DSA-2352.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:puppet, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/22/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3872

BID: 50356

DSA: 2352