CVE-2011-3869

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-3869
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-10-27 20:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionPuppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Puppet Puppet 0.25.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 0.25.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 0.25.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 0.25.3 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 0.25.4 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 0.25.5 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 0.25.6 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.10 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.3 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.4 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.5 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.6 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.7 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.8 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.9 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.3 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.4 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2011-3869 | Puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppet.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: puppet-2.6.6-3.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: puppet-2.6.6-3.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: puppet-2.6.6-3.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Patch
USN-1223-1: Puppet vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2314-1 puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
USN-1223-2: Puppet regression | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Google Groupes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com Patch
Fedora update for puppet - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 996744 Rubygems (Rubygems) Security Update for puppet (GHSA-8c56-v25w-f89c)

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