CVE-2017-10689

puppet: Unpacking of tarballs in tar/mini.rb can create files with insecure permissions

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In previous versions of Puppet Agent it was possible to install a module with world writable permissions. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 and 1.10.10 included a fix to this vulnerability.

En versiones anteriores de Puppet Agent, era posible instalar un módulo con permisos de modificación para cualquier usuario. Puppet Agent 5.3.4 y 1.10.10 incluían una solución para esta vulnerabilidad.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2017-06-29 CVE Reserved
2018-02-09 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-17 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927	2019-10-03
https://puppet.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689	2019-10-03
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3567-1	2019-10-03
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10689	2018-10-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1542850	2018-10-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Puppet Search vendor "Puppet"		Puppet Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet"				< 5.3.4 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet" and version " < 5.3.4"		-		Affected
Puppet Search vendor "Puppet"		Puppet Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet"				>= 1.10.0 < 1.10.10 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet" and version " >= 1.10.0 < 1.10.10"		-		Affected
Puppet Search vendor "Puppet"		Puppet Enterprise Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise"				< 2016.4.10 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise" and version " < 2016.4.10"		-		Affected
Puppet Search vendor "Puppet"		Puppet Enterprise Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise"				>= 2017.1.0 < 2017.3.4 Search vendor "Puppet" for product "Puppet Enterprise" and version " >= 2017.1.0 < 2017.3.4"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Satellite Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Satellite"				6.4 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Satellite" and version "6.4"		-		Affected