CVE-2012-3864

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3864
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-06 16:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionPuppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files on the puppet master server by leveraging an arbitrary user's certificate and private key in a GET request.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

AV:N/AC:L/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 2.6.15 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 2.7.12 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.13 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.14 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.16 All All All
Application Puppet Puppet 2.7.17 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 Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.0 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet 2.7.1 All All All
Application Puppetlabs Puppet All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2511-1 puppet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
839130 – (CVE-2012-3864) CVE-2012-3864 puppet: authenticated clients allowed to read arbitrary files from the puppet master af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2012:0891-1: moderate: puppet for multiple issues af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
CVE-2012-3864 | Puppet Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 puppetlabs.com Vendor Advisory
Add Selector terminus for file_content/file_metadata · puppetlabs/puppet@10f6cb8 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
Security Advisory SA50014 - SUSE update for puppet - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
USN-1506-1: Puppet vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Add Selector terminus for file_content/file_metadata · puppetlabs/puppet@c3c7462 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Patch
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2012:0983-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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