Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack Affecting puppet package, versions >=2.0.0, <2.7.25 >=3.0.0, <3.4.2


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.04% (6th percentile)
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NVD
4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-20328
  • published 28 Feb 2017
  • disclosed 26 Dec 2013
  • credit Dominic Cleal

How to fix?

Upgrade puppet to version 2.7.25, 3.4.2 or higher.

Overview

puppet is an automated configuration management tool. Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation die to the unsafe manner puppet uses temp files, allowing attackers to use a symlink attack and cause the puppet agent to overwrite something it did not intend to.