USN-3308-1: Puppet vulnerabilities
5 June 2017
Several security issues were fixed in Puppet.
Releases
Packages
- puppet - Centralized configuration management
Details
Dennis Rowe discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled the search path. A
local attacker could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2014-3248)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled YAML deserialization. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code on
the master. This update is incompatible with agents older than 3.2.2.
(CVE-2017-2295)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4804-1: puppet-el, puppet-testsuite, puppetmaster-common, vim-puppet, puppetmaster, puppet-common, puppetmaster-passenger, puppet