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CVE-2012-1988

N/A
Published: May 29, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC
5 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

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.

Affected

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

Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%
10.0411.0411.10
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%
6.07.0
Fedora· Fedora Projectrpm
95%
151617
Puppet· Puppet
95%
2.6.0 ≤ v < 2.6.152.7.0 ≤ v < 2.7.13
Affected range stops below 2.6.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.7.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Puppet Enterprise· Puppet
95%
1.2.0 ≤ v < 2.5.11.01.1
Affected range stops below 2.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (17)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13518
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
x_refsource_CONFIRMBroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1988/
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48743
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48748

CVSS

6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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