CVE-2011-3871

N/A Unknown

Published: October 27, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch

http://secunia.com/advisories/46458

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3871

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb