Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Puppet Agent and Puppet Enterprise - CVE-2012-1989
Published: June 27, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43933
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-1989
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Puppet Labs
Affected software:
Puppet Agent
Puppet Enterprise
Puppet Agent
Puppet Enterprise
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
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).
How to mitigate CVE-2012-1989
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/48743
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48748
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49136
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408