CVE-2012-1989

Publication date 11 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

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).

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
puppet 11.10 oneiric
Fixed 2.7.1-1ubuntu3.6
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life

Notes

tyhicks

Yama should mitigate this Only affects 2.7.x

References

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