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CVE-2012-1906

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2012-04-10	puppet -- Multiple Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2012-1906 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2012-1906
Phase	Assigned(20120326)

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.

References

Source	Reference
MISC	http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260
CONFIRM	http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/
DEBIAN	DSA-2451
UBUNTU	USN-1419-1
BID	52975
SECUNIA	48743
SECUNIA	48748
SECUNIA	48789
XF	puppet-macosx-symlink(74793)