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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2012-05-29T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:45:26.804Z

Reserved: 2012-02-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2012-1053

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-05-29T20:55:07.057

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:36:18.293

Link: CVE-2012-1053

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-1053 - Bugzilla