Vulnerability in Puppet
CVE-2012-1906
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (26.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 26th percentile — 26.1% 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 2.5.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1
- Puppetlabs Puppet — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1
- Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users — versions 1.0, 1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260 (Vendor Advisory)
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48743 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74793 (vdb-entry)
- puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/ (Vendor Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/48748 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48789 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)