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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702831
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2831-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'puppet' package(s) announced via the DSA-2831-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'puppet' package(s) announced via the DSA-2831-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
An unsafe use of temporary files was discovered in Puppet, a tool for centralized configuration management. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability and overwrite an arbitrary file in the system.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.2-5+squeeze9.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.7.23-1~
deb7u2.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.1-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.4.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your puppet packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'puppet' package(s) on Debian 6, Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
2.1

CVSS Vector:
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-4969
Debian Security Information: DSA-2831 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831
http://secunia.com/advisories/56253
http://secunia.com/advisories/56254
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG

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