CVE-2011-3848

N/A Unknown
Published: October 27, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00033.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/46628
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1217-1
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/e57ce2740feb9406
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00033.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/46628
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1217-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/e57ce2740feb9406
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
62th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

Affected Vendors

puppet puppetlabs

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