Vulnerability in Puppet
CVE-2012-1989
telnet.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the NET::Telnet connection log (/tmp/out.log).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 3.6 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/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 (31.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 32nd percentile — 31.9% 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 2.7.3, 2.7.4, 2.7.5
- Puppet Enterprise — versions 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2
- Puppetlabs Puppet — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606
- ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 (vendor-advisory)
- puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/ (Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48743 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797 (vdb-entry)
- projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes
- secunia.com/advisories/49136 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 (vdb-entry)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/48748 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)