CVE-2012-1054

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.4 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2012-05-29

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Puppet (Puppet)
• Puppet Enterprise (Puppet)
• Puppet (Puppetlabs)
• Puppet Enterprise Users (Puppetlabs)

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html
• http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460
• http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14
• http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48157
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48161
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48166
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48290
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1
• http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419
• http://www.osvdb.org/79496
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73446
• https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408