CVE-2012-1906
puppet - several
EPSS 0.06%
Description
Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.
How to fix CVE-2012-1906
To remediate CVE-2012-1906, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/puppet—upgrade to 2.7.13-1 or later
- Debian/puppet—upgrade to 2.6.2-5+squeeze5 or later
- —upgrade to 2.6.15 or later
Is CVE-2012-1906 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.7.13-1
- from 0, < 2.6.2-5+squeeze5
- >= 2.6, < 2.6.15