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Arbitrary File Read Access Affecting puppet package, versions <2.6.15 >=2.7.0, <2.7.13

0.0
low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.25% (65th percentile)
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NVD
3.1 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-20311
  • published 28 Feb 2017
  • disclosed 2 Apr 2011
  • credit Puppet Labs
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Introduced: 2 Apr 2011

CVE-2012-1986 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-284 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade puppet to version 2.6.15, 2.7.13 or higher.

Overview

puppet is an automated configuration management tool. Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read Access. A malicious user with an authorized SSL key and can create symlinks on the puppet master, may thus read any file that the puppet master has access to. This is because a design flaw in puppet, when issuing a REST request for a file from a remote filebucket, it can override the puppet master’s defined location for filebucket storage.