1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1886-1

USN-1886-1: Puppet vulnerability

Publication date

18 June 2013

Overview

Puppet could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Releases

Packages

  • puppet - Centralized configuration management

Details

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled YAML payloads. An
attacker on an untrusted client could use this issue to execute arbitrary
code on the primary server.

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled YAML payloads. An
attacker on an untrusted client could use this issue to execute arbitrary
code on the primary server.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
13.04 raring puppet-common –  2.7.18-4ubuntu1.1
12.10 quantal puppet-common –  2.7.18-1ubuntu1.2
12.04 precise puppet-common –  2.7.11-1ubuntu2.3

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