CVE-2011-3871 (GCVE-0-2011-3871)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2011-10-27 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 23:53
VLAI
Summary
Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing arbitrary files.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://secunia.com/advisories/46458 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3871 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/br… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2011-09-30 00:00
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      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T12:55:13+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2011-3871",
      "id": "CVE-2011-3871",
      "initial_release_date": "2011-09-30T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:known_affected": "1",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "puppet: predictable temporary file using RAL",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2011/cve-2011-3871.json",
      "version": "3"
    }
  }
}



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