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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-1989: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-1989: Puppet: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
Published
06/27/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

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 connection log (/tmp/out.log).

Solution(s)

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

References

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