Security update for puppet

SUSE Security Update: Security update for puppet

Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2012:0983-1
Rating:	important
References:	#770828 #770829 #770833
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available. It includes one version update.

Description:

The following bugs have been fixed in puppet:

* bnc#770828, CVE-2012-3864: puppet: authenticated
clients can read arbitrary files via a flaw in puppet master
* bnc#770829, CVE-2012-3865: puppet: arbitrary file
delete / Denial of Service on Puppet Master by
authenticated clients
* bnc#770833, CVE-2012-3867: puppet: insufficient input
validation for agent certificate names

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2012-3867
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* CVE-2012-3864
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* CVE-2012-3865
>

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-puppet-6561
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-puppet-6561
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch slessp1-puppet-6561
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-puppet-6561
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
zypper in -t patch sledsp1-puppet-6561

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

Package List:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.17]:

puppet-2.6.17-0.3.1

puppet-server-2.6.17-0.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.17]:

puppet-2.6.17-0.3.1

puppet-server-2.6.17-0.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.17]:

puppet-2.6.17-0.3.1

puppet-server-2.6.17-0.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.17]:

puppet-2.6.17-0.3.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 2.6.17]:

puppet-2.6.17-0.3.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3864.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3865.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3867.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/770828

https://bugzilla.novell.com/770829

https://bugzilla.novell.com/770833

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=546d90cdf89ec25e98329eee8f67dd01