puppetlabs/puppet · Security
Puppet allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-qh3g-27jf-3j54
- CVE ID
- CVE-2011-3870
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
Description
Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the SSH authorized_keys file.
CWEs
- CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3870 ↗
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3870 ↗
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.html ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1 ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2 ↗
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/88512e880bd2a03694b5fef42540dc7b3da05d30 ↗
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/b29b1785d543a3cea961fffa9b3c15f14ab7cce0 ↗
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2011-3870.yml ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qh3g-27jf-3j54 ↗