MEDIUM

GHSA-cj43-9h3w-v976

Puppet allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby programs from the master via the resource_type service

Quick fix

GHSA-cj43-9h3w-v976 — puppet: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

bundle update puppet

Details

Unspecified vulnerability in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.23 and 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and Puppet Enterprise 2.8.x before 2.8.3 and 3.0.x before 3.0.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby programs from the master via the resource_type service. NOTE: this vulnerability can only be exploited utilizing unspecified "local file system access" to the Puppet Master.

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Affected packages

RubyGems/puppet

Introduced in: 2.7.0Fixed in: 2.7.23

Fixbundle update puppet

RubyGems/puppet

Introduced in: 3.2.0Fixed in: 3.2.4

Fixbundle update puppet

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4761[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2013-4761.yml[WEB]
https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761-resourcetype-remote-code-execution-vulnerability[WEB]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00009.html[WEB]
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761[WEB]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html[WEB]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html[WEB]
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761[WEB]