Puppet CVE-2013-1640 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	58452
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2013-1640
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Mar 10 2013 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 13 2015 10:06PM
Credit:	Puppet Labs
Vulnerable:	Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for VMware 11 SP2 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 + Linux kernel 2.6.5 Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 1.2 Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 1.1 Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 1.0 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.6.15 Puppet Labs Puppet 2.6.14 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 CVE-2013-1640 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Puppet is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.

Successfully exploiting this issue will allow attackers to execute arbitrary code within the context of the application.

The issue is fixed in the following versions:

Puppet 2.6.18, 2.7.21, and 3.1.1.
Puppet Enterprise 1.2.7 and 2.7.2.

Puppet CVE-2013-1640 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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 CVE-2013-1640 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

Puppet CVE-2013-1640 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

References:

• Bug 919783 - CVE-2013-1640 Puppet: catalog request code execution (Bugzilla)
  
• CVE-2013-1640 (Remote Code Execution Vulnerability) (Puppet Labs)
  
• Puppet Homepage (Puppet Labs)
  
• Important: puppet security update (Red Hat)