[USN-3567-1] Puppet vulnerability
Marc Deslauriers
marc.deslauriers at canonical.com
Mon Feb 12 16:33:38 UTC 2018
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3567-1
February 12, 2018
puppet vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Puppet could be made to crash or run programs.
Software Description:
- puppet: Centralized configuration management
Details:
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled permissions when
unpacking certain tarballs. A local user could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
puppet-common 3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3567-1
CVE-2017-10689
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/puppet/3.4.3-1ubuntu1.3
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