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CVE-2012-1989
telnet.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows local users to overwrite…
Low3.6EPSS 0.40%
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- mitre
Description
telnet.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the NET::Telnet connection log (/tmp/out.log).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low3.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- RubyGemspuppetGHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49 (opens in a new tab)
References (11)
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-1419-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48743 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- puppet-nettelnet-symlink(74797) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 49136 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 52975 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0608 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 48748 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0835 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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