CVE-2012-1053

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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 befor

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.00044

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Affected Products & Versions

puppetall versions
puppetlabs puppetall versions
puppet enterpriseall versions
puppetlabs puppet enterprise usersall versions

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

RubyGems puppet MODERATE fixed in 2.6.14

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Scoring & Timeline

6.9

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Published to NVD29 May 2012 · 08:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-1372-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/Vendor Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/48157

http://secunia.com/advisories/48161Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48166Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48290Vendor Advisory

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419

http://www.osvdb.org/79495

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73445

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408

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