CVE-2011-3871
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.2 · CWE-264
6.2CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing arbitrary files.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityHigh
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cbPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.htmlPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.htmlPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.htmlPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46458Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2