1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-1217-1

USN-1217-1: Puppet vulnerability

Publication date

29 September 2011

Overview

An attacker could send crafted input to puppet and cause it to overwrite files.

Releases

Packages

  • puppet - centralised configuration management for networks

Details

Kristian Erik Hermansen discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in
the SSLFile indirection base class. A remote attacker could exploit this to
overwrite files with the privileges of the Puppet Master.

Kristian Erik Hermansen discovered a directory traversal vulnerability in
the SSLFile indirection base class. A remote attacker could exploit this to
overwrite files with the privileges of the Puppet Master.

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
11.04 natty puppet-common –  2.6.4-2ubuntu2.2
10.10 maverick puppet-common –  2.6.1-0ubuntu2.1
10.04 lucid puppet-common –  0.25.4-2ubuntu6.2

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