Upstream information

CVE-2011-3869 at MITRE

Description

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.3
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 726372 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 727024 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • puppet >= 2.6.12-0.6.1
  • puppet-server >= 2.6.12-0.6.1
  • pwdutils >= 3.2.8-0.2.35
 Patchnames:
slessp1-puppet
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • puppet >= 2.6.12-0.10.1
  • puppet-server >= 2.6.12-0.10.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA puppet
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
  • puppet >= 2.6.18-0.4.2
  • puppet-server >= 2.6.18-0.4.2
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 GA puppet
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • puppet >= 2.7.26-0.5.1
  • puppet-server >= 2.7.26-0.5.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 GA puppet
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
  • puppet >= 2.6.12-0.6.1
 sled11-sp1.x86-64
sles11-sp1.x86-64
sles11-sp1.ia64
sles11-sp1.ppc
sles11-sp1-vmware.x86
sles11-sp1.x86
sles11-sp1-vmware.x86-64
sles11-sp1.s390x
SAT Patch Nr: 5421
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • puppet >= 2.6.12-0.6.1
  • puppet-server >= 2.6.12-0.6.1
 sled11-sp1.x86-64
sles11-sp1.x86-64
sles11-sp1.ia64
sles11-sp1.ppc
sles11-sp1-vmware.x86
sles11-sp1.x86
sles11-sp1-vmware.x86-64
sles11-sp1.s390x
SAT Patch Nr: 5421
openSUSE 11.3
  • puppet >= 0.25.4-4.7.1
  • puppet-server >= 0.25.4-4.7.1
openSUSE 11.4
  • puppet >= 2.6.4-4.11.1
  • puppet-server >= 2.6.4-4.11.1
openSUSE 11.4
  • puppet >= 2.6.4-4.11.1
  • puppet-server >= 2.6.4-4.11.1
 Patchnames:
puppet

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification.

Product(s) Source package State
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 puppet Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 puppet Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS puppet Released
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP AIO 11 SP1 puppet Released