Symlink Attack Affecting puppet package, versions <2.6.15 >=2.7.0, <2.7.13
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EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUBY-PUPPET-20310
- published 28 Feb 2017
- disclosed 11 Oct 2011
- credit Puppet Labs
Introduced: 11 Oct 2011
CVE-2012-1906 Open this link in a new tabHow 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 Package Installation. During package installation for Mac OS X, A predictable filename is used in the /tmp folder. It is possible for an attacker to await this filename and create a symlink to overwrite arbitrary files or instal arbitrary packages.
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