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CVE-2012-3865 Detail

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/puppet/reports/store.rb in Puppet before 2.6.17 and 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, when Delete is enabled in auth.conf, allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files on the puppet master server via a .. (dot dot) in a node name.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00006.html
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-2012-3865/ Vendor Advisory 
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3865/ 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=839131
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839131
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/554eefc55f57ed2b76e5ee04d8f194d36f6ee67f Exploit  Patch 
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/554eefc55f57ed2b76e5ee04d8f194d36f6ee67f Exploit  Patch 
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/d80478208d79a3e6d6cb1fbc525e24817fe8c4c6 Exploit  Patch 
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/d80478208d79a3e6d6cb1fbc525e24817fe8c4c6 Exploit  Patch 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3865
NVD Published Date:
08/06/2012
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE