NVD - CVE-2012-1987

CVE-2012-1987 Detail

Modified

This vulnerability has been modified since it was last analyzed by the NVD. It is awaiting reanalysis which may result in further changes to the information provided.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in 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 to (1) cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a REST request to a stream that triggers a thread block, as demonstrated using CVE-2012-1986 and /dev/random; or (2) cause a denial of service (filesystem consumption) via crafted REST requests that use "a marshaled form of a Puppet::FileBucket::File object" to write to arbitrary file locations.

Source: MITRE
Description Last Modified: 05/29/2012

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.5 LOW
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 6.8

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): Single
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13552	Vendor Advisory
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13553	Vendor Advisory
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1987/	Vendor Advisory
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1987/hotfixes/
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74794
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-1987
NVD Published Date:
05/29/2012
NVD Last Modified:
08/28/2017

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