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CVE-2012-1054

Public on 2012-03-15
Modified on 2014-09-14
Description

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 puppet 2012-03-15 19:11 ALAS-2012-53

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 4.4 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P