CVE-2010-0156
Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or
02 Description
Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 25.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2010-03-03 19:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 00:37Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2010-01-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2b5266ae5ffaf810c73fef65665bc242f296b4500076b6cf76125abd588597e5
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com38766http://secunia.com/advisories/38766
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502881
- groups.google.com[puppet-announce] 20100105 ANNOUNCE: Puppet 0.25.2 "Zoe" now available!http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/4401823f6cbf6087
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2010:013http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- groups.google.com[puppet-announce] 20100108 ANNOUNCE: Puppet 0.24.9 is availablehttp://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/73cd1b2896d986c2
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-1079http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036083.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2010-1372http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036166.html
- puppet.comhttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0156
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- puppet Fixed in 0.25.4-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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