National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1054

Overview

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:0835

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

External Source: XF

Name: puppet-k5login-type-symlink(73446)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/73446

External Source: BID

Name: 52158

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 79496

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/79496

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2419

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1372-1

Hyperlink:http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48290

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48290

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48166

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48166

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48161

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48161

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48157

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48157

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14

Hyperlink:http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14

External Source: MISC

Name: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2012:0325

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html