CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.1%
The remote host is missing an update for the
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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120414");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-1053", "CVE-2012-1054");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-08 11:25:51 +0000 (Tue, 08 Sep 2015)");
script_version("2022-01-06T03:03:01+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2022-01-06 03:03:01 +0000 (Thu, 06 Jan 2022)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.9");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2012-53)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Amazon Linux Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/amazon_linux", "ssh/login/release");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"ALAS-2012-53");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2012-53.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'puppet' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2012-53 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"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, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.
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.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'puppet' package(s) on Amazon Linux.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "AMAZON") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"puppet", rpm:"puppet~2.6.14~1.5.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"puppet-debuginfo", rpm:"puppet-debuginfo~2.6.14~1.5.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"puppet-server", rpm:"puppet-server~2.6.14~1.5.amzn1", rls:"AMAZON"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);