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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1053

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:0835

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

External Source: XF

Name: puppet-forked-priv-escalation(73445)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/73445

External Source: BID

Name: 52158

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

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 79495

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/79495

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2419

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

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1372-1

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48290

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48290

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48166

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48166

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48161

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48161

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48157

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48157

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: MISC

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

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

External Source: MISC

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

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

External Source: MISC

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

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

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2012:0325

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