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    CVE-2012-1986

    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 allows remote authenticated users with an authorized SSL key and certain permissions on the puppet master to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack in conjunction with a crafted REST request for a file in a filebucket.

    Published:Apr 10, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:May 29, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.00374
    CVSS Score:2.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Cloudforms Cloudengine
    Product
    1
    Vendor
    Puppet
    Product
    Puppet
    Vendor
    Puppet
    Product
    Puppet Enterprise
    Vendor
    Puppetlabs
    Product
    Puppet
    Vendor
    Puppetlabs
    Product
    Puppet Enterprise Users

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
    http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13511
    http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
    http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1986/
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48743
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48748
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48789
    http://secunia.com/advisories/49136
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74794
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
    http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13511
    http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
    http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1986/
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48743
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48748
    http://secunia.com/advisories/48789
    http://secunia.com/advisories/49136
    http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
    http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74794
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305
    https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High