Access Restriction Bypass Affecting puppet-server package, versions <0:2.6.16-1.6.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-PUPPETSERVER-1664102
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed29 May 2012

Introduced: 29 May 2012

CVE-2012-1986  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 puppet-server to version 0:2.6.16-1.6.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2012-75.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream puppet-server package and not the puppet-server package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 an authorized SSL key and certain permissions on the puppet master to read arbitrary files via a symlink attack in conjunction with a crafted REST request for a file in a filebucket.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1