CVE-2011-3870 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

63%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

153%

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the SSH authorized_keys file.

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the SSH authorized_keys file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Puppet

First reported 13 years ago

2011-10-27 20:55:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-07-10 14:13:00

Affected Software

Puppet 2.6.0

2.6.0

Puppet 2.6.1

2.6.1

Puppet 2.6.2

2.6.2

Puppet 2.6.3

2.6.3

Puppet 2.6.4

2.6.4

Puppet 2.6.5

2.6.5

Puppet 2.6.6

2.6.6

Puppet 2.6.7

2.6.7

Puppet 2.6.8

2.6.8

Puppet 2.6.9

2.6.9

Puppet 2.6.10

2.6.10

Puppet Puppet 2.7.2

2.7.2

Puppet Puppet 2.7.3

2.7.3

Puppet Puppet 2.7.4

2.7.4

Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.0

2.7.0

Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.1

2.7.1

Puppet 0.25.0

0.25.0

Puppet 0.25.1

0.25.1

Puppet 0.25.2

0.25.2

Puppet 0.25.3

0.25.3

Puppet 0.25.4

0.25.4

Puppet 0.25.5

0.25.5

Puppet 0.25.6

0.25.6

References

http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb

Patch

FEDORA-2011-13636

Patch

FEDORA-2011-13633

Patch

FEDORA-2011-13623

Patch

46458

Vendor Advisory

DSA-2314

USN-1223-1

USN-1223-2

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3870

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