CVE-2012-1986

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1986
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-29 20:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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 allows remote authenticated users with an authorized SSL key and certain permissions on the puppet master to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack in conjunction with a crafted REST request for a file in a filebucket.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

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 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 Enterprise Users 1.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users 1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug #13511: Filebuckets expose files on puppet master - Puppet - Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.puppetlabs.com
USN-1419-1: Puppet vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2012-1986 | Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppetlabs.com Vendor Advisory
Release Notes - Puppet - Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.puppetlabs.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: puppet-2.6.16-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2451-1 puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: puppet-2.7.13-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Puppet Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: puppet-2.6.16-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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