Puppet Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID:	52158
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2012-1053 CVE-2012-1054
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Feb 24 2012 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 09:29PM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.10 amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 powerpc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 ARM Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 11.04 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 powerpc Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 i386 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 ARM Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 amd64 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.10 Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware 11 SP1 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for SP2 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 for SP2 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 2.0.2 Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 1.2 Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 1.1 Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 1.0 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.7.10 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.7.5 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.7.4 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.6.13 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.6.11 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.6.10 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.6 Gentoo Linux Debian Linux 6.0 sparc Debian Linux 6.0 s/390 Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc Debian Linux 6.0 mips Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64 Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32 Debian Linux 6.0 arm Debian Linux 6.0 amd64
Not Vulnerable:	Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 2.0.3 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.7.11 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.6.14

Puppet Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Puppet is prone to multiple local privilege-escalation vulnerabilities.

Local attackers can exploit these issues to gain elevated privileges. Successful exploits may compromise affected computers.

The following versions are vulnerable:

Puppet Enterprise versions prior to 2.0.3
Puppet Enterprise versions 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2.x
Puppet versions prior to 2.6.14 and prior to 2.7.11

Puppet Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Puppet Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

Puppet Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

References:

• CVE-2012-1053 (Local Group Privilege Escalation) (Puppet Labs)
  
• CVE-2012-1054 (Local User Privilege Escalation) (Puppet Labs)
  
• Puppet Homepage (Puppet Labs)