CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-3871

Published: Oct 27, 2011 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.2 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
4.6 MODERATE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in –edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing arbitrary files.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Puppet Puppet 2.6.0 (including) 2.6.0 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.6.1 (including) 2.6.1 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.6.2 (including) 2.6.2 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.6.3 (including) 2.6.3 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.6.4 (including) 2.6.4 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.6.5 (including) 2.6.5 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.6.6 (including) 2.6.6 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.6.7 (including) 2.6.7 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.6.8 (including) 2.6.8 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.6.9 (including) 2.6.9 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.6.10 (including) 2.6.10 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.7.2 (including) 2.7.2 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.7.3 (including) 2.7.3 (including)
Puppet Puppet 2.7.4 (including) 2.7.4 (including)
Puppet Puppetlabs 2.7.0 (including) 2.7.0 (including)
Puppet Puppetlabs 2.7.1 (including) 2.7.1 (including)
Puppet Ubuntu devel *
Puppet Ubuntu lucid *
Puppet Ubuntu maverick *
Puppet Ubuntu natty *
Puppet Ubuntu upstream *

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