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CVE-2011-3870

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary fil

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the SSH authorized_keys file.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.3 EPSS 0.00033
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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.htmlPatch
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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