GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799

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    GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799

    Published: 14 May 2022Last Modified: 7 Dec 2024
    Aliases:
    CVE-2012-1987

    Summary: Puppet Denial of Service and Arbitrary File Write

    Details: A vulnerability in 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 to **(1)** cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a REST request to a stream that triggers a thread block, as demonstrated using CVE-2012-1986 and `/dev/random`; or **(2)** cause a denial of service (filesystem consumption) via crafted REST requests that use "a marshaled form of a `Puppet::FileBucket::File object`" to write to arbitrary file locations.

    References: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1987, https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/0d6d29933e613fe177e9235415919a5428db67bc, https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/568ded50ec6cc498ad32ff7f086d9f73b5d24c14, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74794, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799, https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet, https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-1987.yml, https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305, https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408, https://web.archive.org/web/20120415105345/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975, https://web.archive.org/web/20120513213318/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13553, https://web.archive.org/web/20120513224202/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13552, https://web.archive.org/web/20121005145241/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15, https://web.archive.org/web/20160808163232/https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1987, 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://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: puppet

    Purl: pkg:gem/puppet

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 2.6.0
    Fixed -2.6.15

    Affected versions

    2.6.0
    2.6.1
    2.6.10
    2.6.11
    2.6.12
    2.6.13
    2.6.14
    2.6.2
    2.6.3
    2.6.4
    2.6.5
    2.6.6
    2.6.7
    2.6.8
    2.6.9

    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
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