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).
Published: 2012-06-27
Score: 3.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0212 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).
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49 Puppet allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1419-1 Puppet vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:17:27.600Z

Reserved: 2012-04-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1989

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-27T18:55:01.430

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-1989

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-04-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-1989 - Bugzilla

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