1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3308-1

USN-3308-1: Puppet vulnerabilities

Publication date

5 June 2017

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Puppet.

Releases

Packages

  • puppet - Centralized configuration management

Details

Dennis Rowe discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled the search path. A
local attacker could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-3248)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled YAML deserialization. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code on
the master. This update is incompatible with agents older than 3.2.2.
(CVE-2017-2295)

Dennis Rowe discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled the search path. A
local attacker could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-3248)

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled YAML deserialization. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code on
the master. This update is incompatible with agents older than 3.2.2.
(CVE-2017-2295)

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
14.04 trusty puppet-common –  3.4.3-1ubuntu1.2

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