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AUSCERT Security Bulletin
ASB-2013.0117
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Puppet Enterprise
28 October 2013
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Puppet
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
Impact/Access: Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Reduced Security -- Existing Account
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2013-4965 CVE-2013-4957
Member content until: Wednesday, November 27 2013
OVERVIEW
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Puppet Enterprise
prior to version 3.1.0. [1 - 2]
IMPACT
The vendor has provided the following details regarding two
vulnerabilities:
"CVE-2013-4957 (Puppet Dashboard Report YAML Handling Vulnerability)
Posted October 15, 2013
Assessed Risk Level: Medium
Systems that rely on YAML to create report-specific types were found
to be at risk of arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities." [1]
"CVE-2013-4965 (Console account brute force vulnerability)
Posted October 15, 2013
Assessed Risk Level: Low
A user's account was not locked out after the user submitted a large
number of invalid login attempts, leaving the account vulnerable to
brute force attack. Now the account is locked after 10 failed
attempts." [2]
MITIGATION
The vendor recommends updating to the latest versions of Puppet
Enterprise to correct these issues. [1, 2]
REFERENCES
[1] CVE-2013-4957
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4957
[2] CVE-2013-4965
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4965
AusCERT has made every effort to ensure that the information contained
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described is the responsibility of each user or organisation. The decision to
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accordance with your organisation's site policies and procedures. AusCERT
takes no responsibility for consequences which may arise from following or
acting on information or advice contained in this security bulletin.
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