CVE-2012-1986

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    CVE-2012-1986

    Published: 29 May 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451, 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://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1, 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

    Affected packages

    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