CVE-2012-1988

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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 b

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6 EPSS 0.00492

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No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence

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Weakness Classification

CWE-78Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

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Affected Products & Versions

puppet>= 2.6.0 and < 2.6.15
puppet>= 2.7.0 and < 2.7.13
puppet enterprise>= 1.2.0 and < 2.5.1
puppet enterpriseall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions

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Affected Packages

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 2.6.15

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Scoring & Timeline

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:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD29 May 2012 · 08:55 PM

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Vendor Advisories

rhsaRHSA-2012:1542Moderate

usnUSN-1419-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13518Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15Broken Link

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1988/Broken LinkVendor Advisory

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http://secunia.com/advisories/48743Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48748Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/48789Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/49136Broken LinkVendor Advisory

http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451Third Party Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/81309Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74796Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305Broken Link

https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408Broken Link

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