CVE catalog
CVE-2012-1053
puppet - several
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.38% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | puppet | 11 | 2.7.11-1 | fixed |
| Debian | puppet | 6.0 | 2.6.2-4 | vulnerable |
| Debian | puppet | 6.0 | 2.6.2-5 | vulnerable |
| Debian | puppet | 6.0 | 2.6.2-5+squeeze1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | puppet | 6.0 | 2.6.2-5+squeeze3 | vulnerable |
| Debian | puppet | 6.0 | 2.6.2-5+squeeze4 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | puppet | deb | 11 | 2.7.11-1 | Not reported | DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1053 | Not reported |
| Debian | puppet | deb | 6.0 | 2.6.2-5+squeeze4 | Not reported | DSA-2419-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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