FreeBSD : puppet -- multiple vulnerabilities (2b2f6092-0694-11e3-9e8e-000c29f6ae42)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69395

Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

Puppet Labs reports :

By using the `resource_type` service, an attacker could cause puppet to load arbitrary Ruby files from the puppet master node's file system. While this behavior is not enabled by default, `auth.conf` settings could be modified to allow it. The exploit requires local file system access to the Puppet Master.

Puppet Module Tool (PMT) did not correctly control permissions of modules it installed, instead transferring permissions that existed when the module was built.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4956

http://www.nessus.org/u?84784cdd

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69395

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2b2f6092069411e39e8e000c29f6ae42.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 8/20/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:puppet, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/5/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4761, CVE-2013-4956