CVE-2012-1988

Summary

CVECVE-2012-1988
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-29 20:55:00 UTC
Updated2024-02-02 15:14:00 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 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

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 15 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 17 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet All 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 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 All All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.0 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet Enterprise 1.1 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Puppet Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
openSUSE-SU-2012:0608 SUSE hermes.opensuse.org
Bug #13518: file bucket request can execute arbitrary commands as puppet master - Puppet - Puppet Labs MISC projects.puppetlabs.com Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Release Notes - Puppet - Puppet Labs CONFIRM projects.puppetlabs.com
81309 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
USN-1419-1: Puppet vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU ubuntu.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2451-1 puppet DEBIAN www.debian.org
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2012:0835 SUSE hermes.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: puppet-2.7.13-1.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: puppet-2.6.16-1.fc15 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: puppet-2.6.16-1.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2012-1988 | Puppet Labs CONFIRM puppetlabs.com Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA 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

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