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.
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73446
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52158
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2419
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1372-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/48290
http://secunia.com/advisories/48166
http://secunia.com/advisories/48161
http://secunia.com/advisories/48157
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html