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CVE-2012-1906

N/A

Published: May 29, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:40 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 2.6.15 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Puppet · Puppet

95%

2.6.0 2.6.1 2.6.10 2.6.11 2.6.12 2.6.13 2.6.14 2.6.2 2.6.3 2.6.4 2.6.5 2.6.6 2.6.7 2.6.8 2.6.9 2.7.10 2.7.11 2.7.2 2.7.3 2.7.4 2.7.5 2.7.6 2.7.7 2.7.8 2.7.9

Puppet Enterprise · Puppet

95%

1.2.0 1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3 1.2.4 2.0.0 2.0.1 2.0.2 2.5.0

Puppet · Puppetlabs

95%

Puppet Enterprise Users · Puppetlabs

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (9)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/48743

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/48748

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/48789

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU

Source: [email protected]

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN

Source: [email protected]

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975

CVSS

3.3LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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