CVE-2012-1053

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    CVE-2012-1053

    Published: 29 May 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1053/, http://secunia.com/advisories/48157, http://secunia.com/advisories/48161, http://secunia.com/advisories/48166, http://secunia.com/advisories/48290, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html, http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12457, http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12458, http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12459, http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1, http://www.osvdb.org/79495, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73445, https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High