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CVE-2012-1988 Detail

Description

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 agent SSL keys and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13518 Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15 Broken Link 
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1988/ Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74796 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305 Broken Link 
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-1988
NVD Published Date:
05/29/2012
NVD Last Modified:
02/02/2024
Source:
MITRE