Vulnerability in Puppet
CVE-2012-1054
Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (28.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 28th percentile — 28.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Puppet — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
- Puppet Enterprise — versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2
- Puppetlabs Puppet — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1
- Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users — versions 1.0, 1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/48157 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes
- secunia.com/advisories/48166 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460 (Vendor Advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/79496 (vdb-entry)
- puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/ (Vendor Advisory)
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48290 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48161 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html (vendor-advisory)