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USN-1759-1: Puppet vulnerabilities

12 March 2013

Several security issues were fixed in Puppet.

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Releases

Packages

  • puppet - Centralized configuration management

Details

It was discovered that Puppet agents incorrectly handled certain kick
connections in a non-default configuration. An attacker on an authenticated
client could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2013-1653)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain catalog requests.
An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly
execute arbitrary code on the master. (CVE-2013-1640)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain client requests.
An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly
perform unauthorized actions. (CVE-2013-1652)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain SSL connections.
An attacker could use this issue to possibly downgrade connections to
SSLv2. (CVE-2013-1654)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled serialized attributes.
An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly
cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary. (CVE-2013-1655)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled submitted reports.
An attacker on an authenticated node could use this issue to possibly
submit a report for any other node. (CVE-2013-2275)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
Ubuntu 11.10

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