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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3308-1
June 05, 2017
puppet vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
– Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Several security issues were fixed in Puppet.
Software Description:
– puppet: Centralized configuration management
Details:
Dennis Rowe discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled the search path. A
local attacker could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-3248)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled YAML deserialization. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code on
the master. This update is incompatible with agents older than 3.2.2.
(CVE-2017-2295)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
puppet-common 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3308-1
CVE-2014-3248, CVE-2017-2295
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/3.4.3-1ubuntu1.2
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