CVE-2012-1989
N/A
Published: June 27, 2012 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC
3 products affected across 2 vendorsPuppet EnterprisePuppetPuppet
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (11)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48743Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/48748Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/49136Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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