CVE-2014-3248
Description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Puppet Enterprise 2.8 before 2.8.7, Puppet before 2.7.26 and 3.x before 3.6.2, Facter 1.6.x and 2.x before 2.0.2, Hiera before 1.3.4, and Mcollective before 2.5.2, when running with Ruby 1.9.1 or earlier, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse file in the current working directory, as demonstrated using (1) rubygems/defaults/operating_system.rb, (2) Win32API.rb, (3) Win32API.so, (4) safe_yaml.rb, (5) safe_yaml/deep.rb, or (6) safe_yaml/deep.so; or (7) operatingsystem.rb, (8) operatingsystem.so, (9) osfamily.rb, or (10) osfamily.so in puppet/confine.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
facterRubyGems | < 1.7.6 | 1.7.6 |
facterRubyGems | >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.2 | 2.0.2 |
hieraRubyGems | < 1.3.4 | 1.3.4 |
puppetRubyGems | < 2.7.26 | 2.7.26 |
puppetRubyGems | >= 3.0.0, < 3.6.2 | 3.6.2 |
mcollective-clientRubyGems | < 2.5.2 | 2.5.2 |
Affected products
14cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 8 more
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:facter:2.0.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:marionette_collective:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <2.5.2
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: >=2.8.0,<2.8.7
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
14- rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppet/nvdExploitTechnical Description
- puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248nvdVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/68035nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-92v7-pq4h-58j5ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3248ghsaADVISORY
- secunia.com/advisories/59197nvdTechnical Description
- secunia.com/advisories/59200nvdTechnical Description
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/facter/CVE-2014-3248.ymlghsaWEB
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/hiera/CVE-2014-3248.ymlghsaWEB
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/mcollective-client/CVE-2014-3248.ymlghsaWEB
- github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2014-3248.ymlghsaWEB
- web.archive.org/web/20141129061319/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68035ghsaWEB
- web.archive.org/web/20150204183209/http://rowediness.com/2014/06/13/cve-2014-3248-a-little-problem-with-puppetghsaWEB
- web.archive.org/web/20150907182402/http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2014-3248ghsaWEB
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