Vulnerability in Puppet
CVE-2012-1053
The change_user method in the SUIDManager (lib/puppet/util/suidmanager.rb) in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly manage group privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to (1) the change_user not dropping supplementary groups in certain conditions, (2) changes to the eguid without associated changes to the egid, or (3) the addition of the real gid to supplementary groups.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Puppet — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
- Puppet Enterprise — versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2
- Puppetlabs Puppet — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1
- Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users — versions 1.0, 1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/48157 (third-party-advisory)
- projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes
- secunia.com/advisories/48166 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458
- puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/ (Vendor Advisory)
- projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48290 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/79495 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/48161 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)