CVE-2012-1054

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductPuppet
PublishedMay 29, 2012
First seenMay 29, 2012

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
puppet puppet2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.9, 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.12, 2.6.13, 2.7.2, 2.7.3, 2.7.4, 2.7.5, 2.7.6, 2.7.7, 2.7.8, 2.7.9, 2.7.10—
puppetlabs puppet2.7.0, 2.7.1—
puppet puppet_enterprise1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2—
puppetlabs puppet_enterprise_users1.0, 1.1—

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