Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
It was discovered that Puppet agents incorrectly handled certain kick connections in a non-default configuration. An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2013-1653)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain catalog requests.
An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly execute arbitrary code on the master. (CVE-2013-1640)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain client requests.
An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly perform unauthorized actions. (CVE-2013-1652)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled certain SSL connections.
An attacker could use this issue to possibly downgrade connections to SSLv2. (CVE-2013-1654)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled serialized attributes.
An attacker on an authenticated client could use this issue to possibly cause a denial of service, or execute arbitrary. (CVE-2013-1655)
It was discovered that Puppet incorrectly handled submitted reports.
An attacker on an authenticated node could use this issue to possibly submit a report for any other node. (CVE-2013-2275)
Affected
puppet on Ubuntu 12.10 ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 11.10
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2013-1640, CVE-2013-1652, CVE-2013-1653, CVE-2013-1654, CVE-2013-1655, CVE-2013-2275 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
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