SuSE 11.3 Security Update : puppet (SAT Patch Number 9033)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 73468

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The deployment framework puppet received an update for a security issue in January.

The backport of this security issue was however incomplete and broke existing setups. As the scope of the problem is limited to local scenarios where an attacker likely has access already, and backporting is not trivial, this update reverts the fix for now.

We are evaluating the possibility of an update to puppet 2.7 in the future.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9033.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864082

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4761.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 73468

File Name: suse_11_puppet-140318.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/11/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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:novell:suse_linux:11:puppet, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:puppet-server, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4761