CVE-2012-1906

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1906
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-29 20:55:00 UTC
Updated2019-07-11 15:09:00 UTC
DescriptionPuppet 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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 2.6.11 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.12 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.13 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.14 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 2.7.10 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.11 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 Puppet Puppet 2.7.5 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.6 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.7 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.8 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.9 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 2.6.11 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.12 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.13 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.6.14 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 2.7.10 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.11 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 Puppet Puppet 2.7.5 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.6 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.7 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.8 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.9 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.2.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.2.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.2.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.2.3 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.2.4 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.0.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.0.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.0.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.5.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.2.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.2.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.2.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.2.3 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.2.4 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.0.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.0.1 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.0.2 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 2.5.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users 1.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users 1.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users 1.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users 1.1 All All All

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