CVE-2012-1988

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1988
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-29 20:55:08 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 agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-78 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Puppet Puppet All 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 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
USN-1419-1: Puppet vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Bug #13518: file bucket request can execute arbitrary commands as puppet master - Puppet - Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.puppetlabs.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Release Notes - Puppet - Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.puppetlabs.com Broken Link
www.osvdb.org/81309 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: puppet-2.6.16-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2451-1 puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org Broken Link
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org Broken Link
CVE-2012-1988 | Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppetlabs.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: puppet-2.7.13-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Puppet Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: puppet-2.6.16-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 996702 Rubygems (Rubygems) Security Update for puppet (GHSA-6xxq-j39w-g3f6)

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