CVE-2009-3564

Publication date 6 October 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

puppetmasterd in puppet 0.24.6 does not reset supplementary groups when it switches to a different user, which might allow local users to access restricted files.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
puppet	11.10 oneiric	Not affected
	11.04 natty	Not affected
	10.10 maverick	Not affected
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not affected
	9.10 karmic	Fixed 0.24.8-2ubuntu4.1
	9.04 jaunty	Ignored
	8.10 intrepid	Ignored
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

reproducer in upstream bug upstream has not fixed this in 0.24.x as of 2010-03-17

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package	Patch details
puppet	Upstream: http://projects.reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/repository/revisions/e32f980fd7c6291abc2841ede397c962798d9a9c/diff

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-917-1
Puppet vulnerabilities
24 March 2010

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3564