CVE-2012-1053

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Puppet

First reported 12 years ago

2012-05-29 20:55:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-07-11 15:09:00

Affected Software

Puppet 2.6.0

2.6.0

Puppet 2.6.1

2.6.1

Puppet 2.6.2

2.6.2

Puppet 2.6.3

2.6.3

Puppet 2.6.4

2.6.4

Puppet 2.6.5

2.6.5

Puppet 2.6.6

2.6.6

Puppet 2.6.7

2.6.7

Puppet 2.6.8

2.6.8

Puppet 2.6.9

2.6.9

Puppet 2.6.10

2.6.10

Puppet 2.6.11

2.6.11

Puppet 2.6.12

2.6.12

Puppet 2.6.13

2.6.13

Puppet Puppet 2.7.2

2.7.2

Puppet Puppet 2.7.3

2.7.3

Puppet Puppet 2.7.4

2.7.4

Puppet Puppet 2.7.5

2.7.5

Puppet Puppet 2.7.6

2.7.6

Puppet Puppet 2.7.7

2.7.7

Puppet Puppet 2.7.8

2.7.8

Puppet Puppet 2.7.9

2.7.9

Puppet 2.7.10

2.7.10

Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.0

2.7.0

Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.1

2.7.1

Puppet Enterprise 1.2.0

1.2.0

Puppet Enterprise 1.2.1

1.2.1

Puppet Enterprise 1.2.2

1.2.2

Puppet Enterprise 1.2.3

1.2.3

Puppet Enterprise 1.2.4

1.2.4

Puppet Enterprise 2.0.0

2.0.0

Puppet Enterprise 2.0.1

2.0.1

Puppet Enterprise 2.0.2

2.0.2

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