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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-1053: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-1053: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/29/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-puppet

References

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