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CVE-2012-1053

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CVE-2012-1053

Published: May 29, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

48157
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
48166
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
USN-1372-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
48290
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
79495
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
48161
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
SUSE-SU-2012:0325
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
52158
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
DSA-2419
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
openSUSE-SU-2012:0835
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE

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