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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-3870: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2011-3870: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
10/27/2011
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-admin-puppet

References

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