CVE-2012-1906

Publication date 11 April 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
puppet	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 2.7.1-1ubuntu3.6
	11.04 natty	Fixed 2.6.4-2ubuntu2.9
	10.10 maverick	Ignored
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 0.25.4-2ubuntu6.7
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored

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Notes

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Yama mitigates this Despite these being OS X package providers, we do ship them so they will get patched

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1419-1
Puppet vulnerabilities
11 April 2012

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1906