USN-1886-1: Puppet vulnerability
18 June 2013
Puppet could be made to run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- puppet - Centralized configuration management
Details
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled YAML payloads. An
attacker on an untrusted client could use this issue to execute arbitrary
code on the primary server.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 13.04
Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.