CVE-2012-3866

N/A Unknown
Published: August 06, 2012 Modified: April 29, 2026
View on NVD

Description

lib/puppet/defaults.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, uses 0644 permissions for last_run_report.yaml, which allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging access to the puppet master server to read this file.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50014
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839135
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/fd44bf5e6d0d360f6a493d663b653c121fa83c3f
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Patch

14 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
38th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

puppet puppetlabs