Puppet CVE-2013-4761 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:61806

Info

Puppet CVE-2013-4761 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 61806
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2013-4761
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 15 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2015 09:44AM
Credit: Moses Mendoza
Vulnerable: Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS i386
Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS amd64
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 2.5.1
Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 2.0.3
Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 2.0.2
Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 2.6
Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 1.2
Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 1.1
Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 1.0
Puppet Labs Puppet Enterprise 2.0
Puppet Labs Puppet 2.7.13
Puppet Labs Puppet 2.7.11
Puppet Labs Puppet 2.7.10
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 2.6.4
Puppet Labs Puppet 2.6.3
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:

Discussion

Puppet CVE-2013-4761 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Puppet is prone to an arbitrary 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 2.7.23 and 3.2.4
Puppet Enterprise 2.8.3 and 3.0.1

Exploit / POC

Puppet CVE-2013-4761 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

An attacker requires local file system access to the Puppet Master to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

Puppet CVE-2013-4761 Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

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


Mandriva Business Server 1 X86 64

References

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