USN-1365-1: Puppet vulnerability

Publication date

14 February 2012

Overview

Puppet would allow unintended access to resources over the network.


Packages

  • puppet - Centralized configuration management

Details

It was discovered that Puppet would allow remote ralsh under certain
circumstances. An attacker on an authenticated puppet node could exploit
this to view or manipulate resources on other Puppet nodes.

It was discovered that Puppet would allow remote ralsh under certain
circumstances. An attacker on an authenticated puppet node could exploit
this to view or manipulate resources on other Puppet nodes.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
11.10 oneiric puppet-common –  2.7.1-1ubuntu3.4
11.04 natty puppet-common –  2.6.4-2ubuntu2.7
10.10 maverick puppet-common –  2.6.1-0ubuntu2.5

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