CVE-2012-1053
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264
Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
29/05/2012
Last modified:
11/04/2025
Description
The change_user method in the SUIDManager (lib/puppet/util/suidmanager.rb) in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly manage group privileges, which allows local users to gain privileges via vectors related to (1) the change_user not dropping supplementary groups in certain conditions, (2) changes to the eguid without associated changes to the egid, or (3) the addition of the real gid to supplementary groups.
Impact
Base Score 2.0
6.90
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48157
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48166
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48290
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419
- http://www.osvdb.org/79495
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73445
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48157
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48161
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48166
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48290
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419
- http://www.osvdb.org/79495
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73445
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408