83695 : Puppet Delete Request Parsing Arbitrary File Deletion
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2012-07-11

Description

Puppet contains a flaw that is triggered when parsing a specially crafted Delete request. This may allow a remote authenticated attacker to delete arbitrary files. This may also allow a denial of service attack.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS, Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Authentication Required

Solution

Upgrade to Puppet to version 2.6.17 or 2.7.18 or higher and Puppet Enterprise to version 2.5.2 or higher, as they have been reported to fix this vulnerability. In addition, the vendor has released a patch for some older versions.

Products

Puppet Labs	Puppet	2.6.16
		2.7.17
	Puppet Enterprise	2.5.1
		2.0.x
		1.1
		1.2.x
		1.0

References

CVE ID: 2012-3865 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 49863 49871 49921 50014 50284 51472
Bugtraq ID: 54399
Related OSVDB ID: 83692 83693 83694
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2012/msg00149.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1506-1/
Vendor URL: http://puppetlabs.com/
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3865/
RedHat RHSA: RHSA-2012-1542

Credit

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 3.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-08-07 | Disagree?

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