U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

CVE-2012-3866 Detail

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.


Metrics

NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to nvd@nist.gov.

Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.html
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866/ Vendor Advisory 
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866/ Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/50014
http://secunia.com/advisories/50014
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839135
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839135
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/fd44bf5e6d0d360f6a493d663b653c121fa83c3f Exploit  Patch 
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/fd44bf5e6d0d360f6a493d663b653c121fa83c3f Exploit  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

17 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3866
NVD Published Date:
08/06/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE