RHEL 6 : ruby193-puppet (RHSA-2013:1284)

high Nessus Plugin ID 193828

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for ruby193-puppet.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:1284 advisory.

- puppet: remote code execution on master from unauthenticated clients (CVE-2013-3567)

- Puppet: resource_type service code execution (CVE-2013-4761)

- Puppet: Local Privilege Escalation/Arbitrary Code Execution (CVE-2013-4956)

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 RHEL ruby193-puppet package based on the guidance in RHSA-2013:1284.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 193828

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2013-1284.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 4/24/2024

Updated: 4/24/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-3567

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-puppet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ruby193-puppet-server

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/24/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3567, CVE-2013-4761, CVE-2013-4956

CWE: 502

RHSA: 2013:1284

Detections

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