GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49

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    GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49

    Published: 24 Oct 2017Last Modified: 29 Nov 2024
    Aliases:
    CVE-2012-1989

    Summary: Puppet allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack

    Details: `telnet.rb` in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the NET::Telnet connection log (`/tmp/out.log`).

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1989, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797, https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-1989.yml, https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408, https://web.archive.org/web/20120415105345/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975, https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989-arbitrary-file-write-access, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html, http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606, http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13, http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989, http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: puppet

    Purl: pkg:gem/puppet

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.7.1
    Fixed -2.7.13

    Affected versions

    2.7.1
    2.7.11
    2.7.12
    2.7.3
    2.7.4
    2.7.5
    2.7.6
    2.7.8
    2.7.9

    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