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CVE-2012-1906

LOW severity · CVSS 3.3 · CWE-264
3.3CVSS LOW

Summary

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 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexity
Privileges required
User interaction
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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.