CVE-2012-1054
N/A
Published: May 29, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsPuppet EnterprisePuppetPuppet
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (14)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48157Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48161Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48166Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48290Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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