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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-1054: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-1054: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/29/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.

Solution(s)

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

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