CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file.
groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.html
www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2
github.com/advisories/GHSA-8c56-v25w-f89c
github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/2775c21ae48e189950dbea5e7b4d1d9fa2aca41c
github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/7d4c169df84fc7bbeb2941bf995a63470f71bdbd
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2011-3869.yml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3869
puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3869