fkie_cve-2011-3871
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2011-10-27 20:55
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cbPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/46458Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2
cve@mitre.orghttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3871
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cbPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/46458Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3871
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
puppet puppet 2.6.0
puppet puppet 2.6.1
puppet puppet 2.6.2
puppet puppet 2.6.3
puppet puppet 2.6.4
puppet puppet 2.6.5
puppet puppet 2.6.6
puppet puppet 2.6.7
puppet puppet 2.6.8
puppet puppet 2.6.9
puppet puppet 2.6.10
puppet puppet 2.7.2
puppet puppet 2.7.3
puppet puppet 2.7.4
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.0
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.1
puppet puppet 0.25.0
puppet puppet 0.25.1
puppet puppet 0.25.2
puppet puppet 0.25.3
puppet puppet 0.25.4
puppet puppet 0.25.5
puppet puppet 0.25.6


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