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CVE-2012-1053 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html CVE
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457 CVE
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458 CVE
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459 CVE
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14 CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
puppet puppet
2.6.0
2.6.1
2.6.2
2.6.3
2.6.4

CPE

  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
puppetlabs puppet
2.7.0
2.7.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
puppet puppet enterprise
1.2.0
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.2.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
puppetlabs puppet enterprise users
1.0
1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

38 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-1053
NVD Published Date:
May 29, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-1053 Details - Not Deferred