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CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2012-1906

Published: May 29, 2012 | Modified: Apr 11, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
3.3 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Ubuntu
NEGLIGIBLE
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1906
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

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.

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)
PuppetPuppet2.6.11 (including)2.6.11 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.12 (including)2.6.12 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.13 (including)2.6.13 (including)
PuppetPuppet2.6.14 (including)2.6.14 (including)
PuppetUbuntudevel*
PuppetUbuntuhardy*
PuppetUbuntulucid*
PuppetUbuntumaverick*
PuppetUbuntunatty*
PuppetUbuntuoneiric*

References

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