CVE-2011-3848

puppet: Directory traversal attack by processing certain x509 certificate signing requests

Published Oct 27, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2314-1 puppet security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-3805 Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1217-1 Puppet vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 11:46 PM
Reserved
Sep 27, 2011, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 27, 2011, 8:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:34 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Sep 29, 2011, 12:00 AM