National Vulnerability Database (NVD) National Vulnerability Database (CVE-2012-1906)

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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1906

Original release date:05/29/2012

Last revised:05/30/2012

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:3.3 (LOW) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 4.9

Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: XF

Name: puppet-macosx-symlink(74793)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74793

External Source: BID

Name: 52975

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

External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-2451

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-1419-1

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48789

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48789

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48748

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48748

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 48743

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/48743

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/

External Source: MISC

Name: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.13

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.12

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.11

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.10

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.9

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.8

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.7

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.6

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.5

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.4

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.3

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.2

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.1

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.0

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.6.14

Configuration 2

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.10

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.9

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.8

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.7

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.6

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.5

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.2

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.4

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.3

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.11

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:2.5.0

Configuration 3

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.0

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.1

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.2

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.2.0

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.2.1

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.2.2

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.2.3

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.2.4

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:2.0

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:2.0.2

* cpe:/a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:2.0.1

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1906