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CVE-2009-3564

Published: 6 October 2009

puppetmasterd in puppet 0.24.6 does not reset supplementary groups when it switches to a different user, which might allow local users to access restricted files.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
reproducer in upstream bug
upstream has not fixed this in 0.24.x as of 2010-03-17

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
puppet
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Does not exist

hardy Ignored
(end of life)
intrepid Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
jaunty Ignored
(end of life)
karmic
Released (0.24.8-2ubuntu4.1)
lucid Not vulnerable
(0.25.4-2ubuntu3)
maverick Not vulnerable
(0.25.4-2ubuntu3)
natty Not vulnerable
(0.25.4-2ubuntu3)
oneiric Not vulnerable
(0.25.4-2ubuntu3)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://projects.reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/repository/revisions/e32f980fd7c6291abc2841ede397c962798d9a9c/diff