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Puppet arbitrary file overwrite

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 14, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 19, 2024

Package

bundler puppet (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 2.6.11
>= 2.7.0, < 2.7.5

Patched versions

2.6.11
2.7.5

Description

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 27, 2011
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 14, 2022
Reviewed Jan 16, 2024
Last updated Jan 19, 2024

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(12th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2011-3869

GHSA ID

GHSA-8c56-v25w-f89c

Source code

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