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Puppet arbitrary files overwrite via a symlink attack

Low severity GitHub Reviewed Published May 2, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 7, 2024

Package

bundler puppet (RubyGems)

Affected versions

>= 0.24.0, < 0.24.9
>= 0.25.0, < 0.25.2

Patched versions

0.24.9
0.25.2

Description

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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 3, 2010
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 2, 2022
Reviewed Feb 6, 2024
Last updated Feb 7, 2024

Severity

Low

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(12th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2010-0156

GHSA ID

GHSA-vrh7-99jh-3fmm

Source code

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