SB2022060135 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux update for Puppet Agent

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SB2022060135 - Red Hat Enterprise Linux update for Puppet Agent

Published: June 1, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022060135
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Unprotected Transport of Credentials (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27023)

CWE-ID: CWE-523 - Unprotected Transport of Credentials

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to application can leak HTTP credentials when following HTTP redirects to a different host. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information.


2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27025)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the application silently ignore Augeas settings prior to the first pluginsync. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References