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CVE-2011-3869

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 EPSS 0.00042
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
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Affected Products & Versions

2
puppetall versions
puppetlabs puppetall versions
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Affected Packages

1
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
RubyGems puppet MODERATE fixed in 2.7.5
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Scoring & Timeline

6.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD27 Oct 2011 · 08:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-1223-1
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References & Sources

9
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cbPatch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.htmlPatch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.htmlPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/46458Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
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