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CVE-2012-1054 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-03/msg00003.html CVE
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/12460 CVEVendor Advisory
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.14 CVE
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1054/ CVEVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/48157 CVEVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
puppet puppet
2.6.0
2.6.1
2.6.2
2.6.3
2.6.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
puppetlabs puppet
2.7.0
2.7.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
puppet puppet enterprise
1.2.0
1.2.1
1.2.2
1.2.3
1.2.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
puppetlabs puppet enterprise users
1.0
1.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet_enterprise_users:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-1054
NVD Published Date:
May 29, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-1054 Details - Not Deferred