PT-2011-1169 · Puppet · Puppet

Published 2011-10-27 · Updated 2022-05-14 · CVE-2011-3869

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Puppet versions 2.7.x through 2.7.4 Puppet versions 2.6.x through 2.6.10 Puppet versions 0.25.x

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file, potentially leading to disruption of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. The exploitation can be carried out locally.

Recommendations For Puppet versions 2.7.x through 2.7.4, update to version 2.7.5 or later. For Puppet versions 2.6.x through 2.6.10, update to version 2.6.11 or later. For Puppet versions 0.25.x, update to a version later than 0.25.x, as no specific end version is provided in the input data.

Exploit

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09427

CVE-2011-3869

DSA-2314-1

GHSA-8C56-V25W-F89C

Affected Products

Puppet

References · 20

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2011-3869.yml · Exploit
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-8c56-v25w-f89c · Vendor Advisory
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-3869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2011-3869 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3869 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09427 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/46458 · Vendor Advisory
• http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3869 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/2775c21ae48e189950dbea5e7b4d1d9fa2aca41c · Note
• https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/7d4c169df84fc7bbeb2941bf995a63470f71bdbd · Note