6.3

CVE-2011-3870: puppet Link Following

CVSS: 6.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2011-3870GHSA-qh3g-27jf-3j54
Published 27-10-2011Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-3870 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Link Following vulnerability in puppet. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-2314-1

Timeline

  1. 27-10-2011
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the SSH authorized_keys file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.35%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

27%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.35% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.35%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • puppet< 2.7.3-3
Puppet1 product
  • puppet2.6.0 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.4 | 2.6.5 | 2.6.6 | 2.6.7 | 2.6.8 | 2.6.9 | 2.6.10 | 2.7.2 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.4 | 0.25.0 | 0.25.1 | 0.25.2 | 0.25.3 | 0.25.4 | 0.25.5 | 0.25.6
Puppetlabs1 product
RubyGems1 product
  • puppet≥ 2.7.0, < 2.7.5 | < 2.6.11

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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