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 arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the NET::Telnet
02 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
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
- 0.40% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 34.1% 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
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2012-06-27 18:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 19:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-04-02
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 174f3f87584a51133bcaefb39f60ce1b0241a9aaa91a396f1dd918b3c147a3fc
05 Affected products
06 References
- projects.puppetlabs.comhttp://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606
- ubuntu.comUSN-1419-1http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
- puppetlabs.comhttp://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/
- secunia.com48743http://secunia.com/advisories/48743
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compuppet-nettelnet-symlink(74797)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797
- projects.puppetlabs.comhttp://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13
- secunia.com49136http://secunia.com/advisories/49136
- www.securityfocus.com52975http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0608http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html
- secunia.com48748http://secunia.com/advisories/48748
- hermes.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0835https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- puppet Fixed in 2.7.13-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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