CVE-2012-1906

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Puppet

First reported 12 years ago

2012-05-29 20:55:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-07-11 15:09:00

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 2.6.11

2.6.11

Puppet 2.6.12

2.6.12

Puppet 2.6.13

2.6.13

Puppet 2.6.14

2.6.14

Puppet Puppet 2.7.2

2.7.2

Puppet Puppet 2.7.3

2.7.3

Puppet Puppet 2.7.4

2.7.4

Puppet Puppet 2.7.5

2.7.5

Puppet Puppet 2.7.6

2.7.6

Puppet Puppet 2.7.7

2.7.7

Puppet Puppet 2.7.8

2.7.8

Puppet Puppet 2.7.9

2.7.9

Puppet 2.7.10

2.7.10

Puppet 2.7.11

2.7.11

Puppet Enterprise 2.5.0

2.5.0

Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.0

2.7.0

Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.1

2.7.1

Puppet Enterprise 1.2.0

1.2.0

Puppet Enterprise 1.2.1

1.2.1

Puppet Enterprise 1.2.2

1.2.2

Puppet Enterprise 1.2.3

1.2.3

Puppet Enterprise 1.2.4

1.2.4

Puppet Enterprise 2.0.0

2.0.0

Puppet Enterprise 2.0.1

2.0.1

Puppet Enterprise 2.0.2

2.0.2

References

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260

Vendor Advisory

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/

Vendor Advisory

48743

Vendor Advisory

48748

Vendor Advisory

48789

Vendor Advisory

USN-1419-1

DSA-2451

52975

puppet-macosx-symlink(74793)

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