CVE-2012-1988
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 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.
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
Fedora Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | Affected | — |
| 16 | Affected | — |
| 15 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 11.10 | Affected | — |
| 11.04 | Affected | — |
| 10.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.7.13-1 |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppet | puppet | {"startIncluding":"2.6.0","endExcluding":"2.6.15"} | 2.6.15 |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | {"startIncluding":"1.2.0","endExcluding":"2.5.1"} | 2.5.1 |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.0 | |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.1 | |
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xxq-j39w-g3f6
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13518
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1988/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48743
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48748
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48789
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49136
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
- http://www.osvdb.org/81309
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74796
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1988
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/0d6d29933e613fe177e9235415919a5428db67bc
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/568ded50ec6cc498ad32ff7f086d9f73b5d24c14
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121031092646/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121025194938/http://secunia.com/advisories/48743
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121025194830/http://secunia.com/advisories/49136
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121025113446/http://secunia.com/advisories/48748
CWEs
CWE-78
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.