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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1759-1
March 12, 2013
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Puppet.
Software Description:
Details:
It was discovered that Puppet agents incorrectly handled certain kick
connections in a non-default configuration. An attacker on an authenticated
client could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2013-1653)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain catalog requests.
An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly
execute arbitrary code on the master. (CVE-2013-1640)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain client requests.
An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly
perform unauthorized actions. (CVE-2013-1652)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain SSL connections.
An attacker could use this issue to possibly downgrade connections to
SSLv2. (CVE-2013-1654)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled serialized attributes.
An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly
cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary. (CVE-2013-1655)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled submitted reports.
An attacker on an authenticated node could use this issue to possibly
submit a report for any other node. (CVE-2013-2275)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.10:
puppet-common 2.7.18-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
puppet-common 2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2
Ubuntu 11.10:
puppet-common 2.7.1-1ubuntu3.8
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1759-1
CVE-2013-1640, CVE-2013-1652, CVE-2013-1653, CVE-2013-1654,
CVE-2013-1655, CVE-2013-2275
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/2.7.18-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/2.7.11-1ubuntu2.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/2.7.1-1ubuntu3.8
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