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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Puppet vulnerabilities (USN-4804-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 183709

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4804-1 advisory.

 - In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions.
 Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability. (CVE-2017-10689)

 - Versions of Puppet prior to 4.10.1 will deserialize data off the wire (from the agent to the server, in this case) with a attacker-specified format. This could be used to force YAML deserialization in an unsafe manner, which would lead to remote code execution. This change constrains the format of data on the wire to PSON or safely decoded YAML. (CVE-2017-2295)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4804-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 183709

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4804-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2023

Updated: 10/23/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-2295

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppet, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppet-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppet-el, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppet-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppetmaster, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppetmaster-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:puppetmaster-passenger, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:vim-puppet

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10689, CVE-2017-2295

USN: 4804-1