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    CVE-2012-1988

    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 agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

    Published:Apr 10, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:May 29, 2012
    EPSS Score:0.00492
    CVSS Score:6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Cloudforms Cloudengine
    Product
    1
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Puppet
    Product
    Puppet
    Vendor
    Puppet
    Product
    Puppet Enterprise

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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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/13518
    http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
    http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1988/
    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.osvdb.org/81309
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74796
    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/13518
    http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
    http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1988/
    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.osvdb.org/81309
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74796
    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