CVE-2012-1906
Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.
- Affected products
- Macos X, Puppet, Puppet Enterprise (Pe) Users
- Puppet
- = 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5, 2.6.6, 2.6.7, 2.6.8, 2.6.9, 2.6.10, 2.6.11, 2.6.12, 2.6.13, 2.6.14
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOW
- EPSS
- 0.4% (28th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-05-29
CVE-2012-1906 at NVD
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