GitHub Advisoryadvisory · RubyGems
GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49 Puppet allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2012-1989
- Ecosystem
- RubyGems
- Packages
- puppet
- Severity
- Low
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• RubyGems puppet: >= 2.7.1, < 2.7.13 → fixed in 2.7.13
Description
`telnet.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`).
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Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2012-1989 telnet.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… vulnerability
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1989 advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797 web
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet package
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-1989.yml web
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 web
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120415105345/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 web
- https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989-arbitrary-file-write-access web
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html web
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606 web
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13 web
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989 web
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 web