81309 : Puppet File Bucket Request Parsing Arbitrary Shell Command Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-04-11

Time to Patch
13 days

Description

Puppet contains a flaw related to the parsing of file bucket requests. The Puppet::FileBucket::File object does not sanitize user-supplied input allowing for files to be written to arbitrary locations, or writing to a world-writable location that matches a command string leading to command execution.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS, Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.6.15 or 2.7.13 or 2.5.1 for Enterprise or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, the vendor has released a patch for some older versions.

Products

Puppet Labs	Puppet	2.6.14
		2.7.12
	Puppet Enterprise	2.5.0
		1.0
		1.1
		1.2.x
		2.0.x

References

CVE ID: 2012-1988 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 48743 48748 48789 49136 49815 50269 51472
Bugtraq ID: 52975
ISS X-Force ID: 74796
Related OSVDB ID: 81306 81307 81308 81310
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2012/msg00081.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00015.html
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13552
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-02.xml
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1/
Mail List Post: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
Other Advisory URL: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13518
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1988/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2012-1542

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-05-30 | Disagree?

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