CVE-2012-1989

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1989
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-27 18:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptiontelnet.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the NET::Telnet connection log (/tmp/out.log).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.10 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.11 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.12 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 2.7.8 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release Notes - 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
Bug #13606: Telnet provider writes to insecure location - Puppet - Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 projects.puppetlabs.com
openSUSE-SU-2012:0608-1: moderate: update for puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
CVE-2012-1989 | Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppetlabs.com Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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 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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