FKIE_CVE-2011-3870

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-10-27 20:55 - Updated: 2026-04-29 01:13
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cbPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.htmlPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/46458Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2
cve@mitre.orghttps://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3870
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cbPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/46458Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3870
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
puppet puppet 2.6.0
puppet puppet 2.6.1
puppet puppet 2.6.2
puppet puppet 2.6.3
puppet puppet 2.6.4
puppet puppet 2.6.5
puppet puppet 2.6.6
puppet puppet 2.6.7
puppet puppet 2.6.8
puppet puppet 2.6.9
puppet puppet 2.6.10
puppet puppet 2.7.2
puppet puppet 2.7.3
puppet puppet 2.7.4
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.0
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.1
puppet puppet 0.25.0
puppet puppet 0.25.1
puppet puppet 0.25.2
puppet puppet 0.25.3
puppet puppet 0.25.4
puppet puppet 0.25.5
puppet puppet 0.25.6
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