Description
puppetmasterd in puppet 0.24.6 does not reset supplementary groups when it switches to a different user, which might allow local users to access restricted files.
Published: 2009-10-06
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3545 puppetmasterd in puppet 0.24.6 does not reset supplementary groups when it switches to a different user, which might allow local users to access restricted files.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-917-1 Puppet vulnerabilities
History

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Fedoraproject Fedora
Reductivelabs Puppet
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:31:10.575Z

Reserved: 2009-10-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3564

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-10-06T17:30:00.217

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-3564

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2008-12-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3564 - Bugzilla

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