CVE-2012-3865

puppet: authenticated clients allowed to delete arbitrary files on the puppet master

Published Aug 6, 2012 CVSS 2.0 · 3.5 Low EPSS 1.9% KEV · Not listed
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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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2511-1 puppet security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0235 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-g89m-3wjw-h857 Puppet vulnerable to Path Traversal
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1506-1 Puppet vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 8:21 PM
Reserved
Jul 6, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 6, 2012, 4:55 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:44 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jul 10, 2012, 12:00 AM