GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-77hg-g8cc-5r37 Puppet Privilege Escallation
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2012-1053
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- puppet
- Severity
- Moderate
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269
- Reviewed
- 2023-08-29
Affected packages
• RubyGems puppet: >= 2.6, < 2.6.14 → fixed in 2.6.14
• RubyGems puppet: >= 2.7, < 2.7.11 → fixed in 2.7.11
Description
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2012-1053 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… vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1053 advisory
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/76d0749f0a9a496b70e7dc7e6d6d6ff692224e36 web
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73445 web
- https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120504011717/http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120513215447/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120513215653/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120513223437/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120527071855/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120816020421/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14 web
- https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419 web