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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-3871

Published: Oct 27, 2011 | Modified: Apr 29, 2026
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
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3871
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
PuppetPuppet2.6.0 (including)2.6.0 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.1 (including)2.6.1 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.2 (including)2.6.2 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.3 (including)2.6.3 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.4 (including)2.6.4 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.5 (including)2.6.5 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.6 (including)2.6.6 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.7 (including)2.6.7 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.8 (including)2.6.8 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.9 (including)2.6.9 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.10 (including)2.6.10 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.7.2 (including)2.7.2 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.7.3 (including)2.7.3 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.7.4 (including)2.7.4 (including)
PuppetPuppetlabs2.7.0 (including)2.7.0 (including)
PuppetPuppetlabs2.7.1 (including)2.7.1 (including)
PuppetUbuntudevel*
PuppetUbuntulucid*
PuppetUbuntumaverick*
PuppetUbuntunatty*
PuppetUbuntuupstream*

References

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