Vigil@nce - Puppet: information disclosure via puppetlabs-rabbitmq
February 2015 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : http://vigilance.fr/offer
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can obtain the cookie of puppetlabs-rabbitmq of
Puppet, in order to obtain sensitive information.
Impacted products: Puppet
Severity: 2/4
Creation date: 28/01/2015
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The puppetlabs-rabbitmq module can be installed on Puppet, to
manage RabbitMQ (exchange of messages between applications).
The /var/lib/rabbitmq/.erlang.cookie file contains the Erlang
cookie. However, this file is included in Node Facts.
An attacker can therefore obtain the cookie of puppetlabs-rabbitmq
of Puppet, in order to obtain sensitive information.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
http://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Puppet-information-disclosure-via-puppetlabs-rabbitmq-16072