CVE-2009-3564

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-3564
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-10-06 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionpuppetmasterd in puppet 0.24.6 does not reset supplementary groups when it switches to a different user, which might allow local users to access restricted files.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora All All All All
Application Reductivelabs Puppet 0.24.6 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 475201 – CVE-2009-3564 puppetmasterd does not initialize supplementary groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Bug #1806: supplementary groups are not reset - Puppet - Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.reductivelabs.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE-2009-3564 | Puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppet.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-10-08Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2009-3564 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update for Red Hat Enterprise MRG may address this flaw.

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