CVE-2011-3869

high

Description

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file.

References

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c56-v25w-f89c

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3869

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314

http://secunia.com/advisories/46458

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html

http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-10-27

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00032