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CVE-2009-3564

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.

Published

2009-10-06T17:30:00.217

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.7 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

6.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	reductivelabs	puppet	0.24.6	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	*	No

References

http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/1806 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475201 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3564 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/1806 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=475201 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2009-3564 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)