CVE-2012-1906
Description
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.7.13-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.0 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.1 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.2 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.3 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.4 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.5 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.6 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.7 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.8 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.9 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.10 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.11 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.12 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.13 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.6.14 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.2 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.3 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.4 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.5 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.6 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.7 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.8 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.9 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.10 | |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.11 | |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 2.5.0 | |
| puppetlabs | puppet | 2.7.0 | |
| puppetlabs | puppet | 2.7.1 | |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.2.0 | |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.2.1 | |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.2.2 | |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.2.3 | |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.2.4 | |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 2.0.0 | |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 2.0.1 | |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 2.0.2 | |
| puppetlabs | puppet_enterprise_users | 1.0 | |
| puppetlabs | puppet_enterprise_users | 1.1 | |
References
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74793
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48743
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48748
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48789
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1906
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/f7829ec1f1b2c3def8e0eda09c22c3c1fed3a27f
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-1906.yml
- https://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120415105345/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1906
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.