CVE-2012-1053

Description

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.

Risk Information

Base Score

8.6

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.044

Associated Vulnerability

Vulnerability	OS Platform
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1053 are fixed in Ruby-puppet 2.6.14	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1053 are fixed in Ruby-puppet 2.7.11	Windows
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1053 are fixed in Ruby-puppet for Linux 2.6.14	Linux
Vulnerabilities CVE-2012-1053 are fixed in Ruby-puppet for Linux 2.7.11	Linux

Patch Details

No records found

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234