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title: "CVE-2012-1989\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-1989

Publication date 11 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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).

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1989?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| 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 |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

Yama should mitigate this
Only affects 2.7.x

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1989)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1989)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-1989)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1989)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1419-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1419-1)
+ Puppet vulnerabilities
+ 11 April 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1989>