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CVE-2012-1989

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Description

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).

References

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1

http://secunia.com/advisories/49136

http://secunia.com/advisories/48748

http://secunia.com/advisories/48743

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-06-27

Updated: 2025-04-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.6

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.1

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00094

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