Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file.
groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/4401823f6cbf6087
groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/73cd1b2896d986c2
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036083.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036166.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502881
github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/0aae57f91dc69b22fb674f8de3a13c22edd07128
github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/6111ba80f2c6f6d1541af971f565119e6e03d77d
github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2010-0156.yml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-0156
puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0156
web.archive.org/web/20100316113904/secunia.com/advisories/38766