CVE-2011-3871

Severity

62%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

165%

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing arbitrary files.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/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

DSA-2314

USN-1223-1

USN-1223-2

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3871

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