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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-222

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-222
Posted Aug 27, 2013
Authored by Mandriva | Site mandriva.com

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-222 - It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled the resource_type service. A local attacker on the master could use this issue to execute arbitrary Ruby files. It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled permissions on the modules it installed. Modules could be installed with the permissions that existed when they were built, possibly exposing them to a local attacker.

tags | advisory, arbitrary, local, ruby
systems | linux, mandriva
advisories | CVE-2013-4761, CVE-2013-4956
MD5 | 26d456c885f0459f3cc8ae86f86abe5c

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2013-222

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2013:222
http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/
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Package : puppet
Date : August 27, 2013
Affected: Business Server 1.0
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Problem Description:

Updated puppet and puppet3 package fix security vulnerabilities:

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled the resource_type
service. A local attacker on the master could use this issue to
execute arbitrary Ruby files (CVE-2013-4761).

It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled permissions on the
modules it installed. Modules could be installed with the permissions
that existed when they were built, possibly exposing them to a local
attacker (CVE-2013-4956).
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4761
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4956
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0259.html
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Updated Packages:

Mandriva Business Server 1/X86_64:
48840493b13ae29905acd3aaa3a58af0 mbs1/x86_64/puppet-2.7.23-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
1884ac10a3f68ac8f1c06ee7388229ec mbs1/x86_64/puppet-server-2.7.23-1.mbs1.noarch.rpm
fa68ed5d48aa3a9887c171c3d17c97b7 mbs1/SRPMS/puppet-2.7.23-1.mbs1.src.rpm
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To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

All packages are signed by Mandriva for security. You can obtain the
GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

http://www.mandriva.com/en/support/security/advisories/

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

security_(at)_mandriva.com
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
<security*mandriva.com>
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