Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2012-1053 (CCN-73445)

Assigned:2012-02-24
Published:2012-02-24
Updated:2019-07-11
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:6.9 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
5.1 Medium (Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
5.3 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:U/RL:OF/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-264
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Privileges
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2012-1053

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
SUSE-SU-2012:0325

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14

Source: CCN
Type: Puppet Labs Web site
CVE-2012-1053 (Local Group Privilege Escalation)

Source: CONFIRM
Type: Vendor Advisory
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/

Source: SECUNIA
Type: UNKNOWN
48157

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
48161

Source: CCN
Type: SA48166
Puppet Group Privileges Security Issue and K5login Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
48166

Source: SECUNIA
Type: Vendor Advisory
48290

Source: UBUNTU
Type: UNKNOWN
USN-1372-1

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-2419

Source: DEBIAN
Type: DSA-2419
puppet -- several vulnerabilities

Source: OSVDB
Type: UNKNOWN
79495

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 79495
Puppet Forked Process Group Permission Dropping Weakness Local Group Privilege Escalation

Source: BID
Type: UNKNOWN
52158

Source: CCN
Type: BID-52158
Puppet Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
puppet-forked-priv-escalation(73445)

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
puppet-forked-priv-escalation(73445)

Source: SUSE
Type: UNKNOWN
openSUSE-SU-2012:0835

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 2:
  • cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration 3:
  • cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

    • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    Oval Definitions
    Definition IDClassTitleLast Modified
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20121053
    V
    		CVE-2012-1053
    2022-05-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33758
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-server (Important)
    2021-12-20
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33719
    P
    		Security update for ghostscript (Critical)
    2021-09-21
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29420
    P
    		Security update for Mesa (Moderate)
    2021-09-16
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32991
    P
    		Security update for openexr (Important)
    2021-09-02
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:32990
    P
    		Security update for bind (Moderate)
    2021-08-30
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34504
    P
    		Security update for cpio (Important)
    2021-08-14
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:34464
    P
    		Security update for freeradius-server (Moderate)
    2021-06-11
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33670
    P
    		Security update for qemu (Important)
    2021-06-10
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33782
    P
    		Security update for git (Important)
    2021-03-09
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33081
    P
    		Security update for postgresql13 (Moderate)
    2021-02-22
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33002
    P
    		Security update for kernel-source (Important)
    2021-02-05
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29627
    P
    		Security update for bzip2 (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33311
    P
    		libopenssl1-devel on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28992
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-libX11 (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29715
    P
    		Security update for Mozilla Firefox
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33456
    P
    		Security update for icu
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29192
    P
    		Security update for ntp (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29777
    P
    		Security update for GnuTLS
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29335
    P
    		Security update for SUSE Manager client tools
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30452
    P
    		Security update for puppet
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29573
    P
    		Security update for ant (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33216
    P
    		openCryptoki on GA media (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28981
    P
    		Security update for tiff (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33826
    P
    		Security update for glibc
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29676
    P
    		Security update for dnsmasq
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33368
    P
    		Security update for wget (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29061
    P
    		Security update for bind (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29733
    P
    		Security update for foomatic-filters
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:33613
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-server (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:29278
    P
    		Security update for xen (Important)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:30415
    P
    		Security update for xorg-x11-libXdmcp (Moderate)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.opensuse.security:def:28980
    P
    		Security update for tidy (Low)
    2020-12-01
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15218
    P
    		USN-1372-1 -- Puppet vulnerabilities
    2014-06-30
    oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15175
    P
    		DSA-2419-1 puppet -- several
    2014-06-23
    BACK
    puppet puppet 2.6.0
    puppet puppet 2.6.1
    puppet puppet 2.6.2
    puppet puppet 2.6.3
    puppet puppet 2.6.4
    puppet puppet 2.6.5
    puppet puppet 2.6.6
    puppet puppet 2.6.7
    puppet puppet 2.6.8
    puppet puppet 2.6.9
    puppet puppet 2.6.10
    puppet puppet 2.6.11
    puppet puppet 2.6.12
    puppet puppet 2.6.13
    puppet puppet 2.7.2
    puppet puppet 2.7.3
    puppet puppet 2.7.4
    puppet puppet 2.7.5
    puppet puppet 2.7.6
    puppet puppet 2.7.7
    puppet puppet 2.7.8
    puppet puppet 2.7.9
    puppet puppet 2.7.10
    puppetlabs puppet 2.7.0
    puppetlabs puppet 2.7.1
    puppet puppet enterprise 1.2.0
    puppet puppet enterprise 1.2.1
    puppet puppet enterprise 1.2.2
    puppet puppet enterprise 1.2.3
    puppet puppet enterprise 1.2.4
    puppet puppet enterprise 2.0.0
    puppet puppet enterprise 2.0.1
    puppet puppet enterprise 2.0.2
    puppetlabs puppet enterprise users 1.0
    puppetlabs puppet enterprise users 1.1
    puppetlabs puppet 2.7.4
    puppetlabs puppet 2.6.10
    puppetlabs puppet 2.7.10
    puppetlabs puppet 2.7.5
    puppetlabs puppet 2.6.13
    puppetlabs puppet 2.6.11
    puppetlabs puppet 2.6.0
    puppetlabs puppet 2.0.2 -
    puppetlabs puppet 1.2 -
    puppetlabs puppet 1.1 -
    puppetlabs puppet 1.0 -