3.3

CVE-2012-1906: puppet

CVSS: 3.3v2.0LowModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2012-1906GHSA-c4mc-49hq-q275
Published 29-05-2012Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-1906 is a low (CVSS 3.3) vulnerability in puppet. EPSS estimates a 0.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
13/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · 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-2451-1

Timeline

  1. 29-05-2012
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

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 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
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

Puppet2 products
  • 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 | 2.6.11 | 2.6.12 | 2.6.13 | 2.6.14 | 2.7.2 | 2.7.3 | 2.7.4 | 2.7.5 | 2.7.6 | 2.7.7 | 2.7.8 | 2.7.9 | 2.7.10 | 2.7.11
  • puppet_enterprise2.5.0 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2
Puppetlabs2 products
Debian1 product
  • puppet< 2.7.13-1
RubyGems1 product
  • puppet≥ 2.6, < 2.6.15 | ≥ 2.7, < 2.7.13

4 vendors · 6 products

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