Security Advisory SA48254 - Gentoo update for puppet

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Secunia Advisory SA48254

Gentoo update for puppet

Secunia Advisory

SA48254

Release Date

2012-03-06

Popularity

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Criticality level

Less critical

Impact

Spoofing
Manipulation of data
Privilege escalation
System access

Where

From local network

Authentication level

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Solution Status

Vendor Patch

Systems affected

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Approve distribution

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Remediation status

Secunia CSI, Secunia PSI

Automated scanning

Secunia CSI, Secunia PSI

Operating System

Gentoo Linux

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CVE Reference(s)

CVE-2009-3564 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2011-3848 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2011-3869 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2011-3870 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2011-3871 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2011-3872 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2012-1053 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers
CVE-2012-1054 CVSS score available to Secunia VIM customers

Description

Gentoo has issued an update for puppet. This fixes a weakness and multiple vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges and by malicious users to conduct spoofing attacks and compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA36967
SA46223
SA46286
SA46550
SA48166

Solution
Update to version "app-admin/puppet-2.7.11" or later.
Original Advisory
GLSA 201203-03:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-03.xml

Other references
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