CVE-2011-3871

Description

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing arbitrary files.

References

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3871

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314

http://secunia.com/advisories/46458

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html

http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3