Vulnerability in Puppet
CVE-2012-3866
lib/puppet/defaults.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, uses 0644 permissions for last_run_report.yaml, which allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging access to the puppet master server to read this file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Puppet — versions 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4
- Puppet Enterprise
- Puppetlabs Puppet — versions 2.7.0, 2.7.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/fd44bf5e6d0d360f6a493d663b653c121fa83c3f (Exploit, Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1 (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/50014 (third-party-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html (vendor-advisory)
- puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866/ (Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi