🛡️ CVE-2011-3870 — puppet

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Puppet allows local users to modify the permissions of arbitrary files

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.

Weakness class

CVE-2011-3870 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

CVE-2011-3870 is recorded against 1 package.

  • puppet (fixed in 2.6.11)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 May 2022 and last revised on 2 December 2024. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
github.com (Web)
puppet.com (Web)
groups.google.com (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
lists.fedoraproject.org (Web)
www.debian.org (Web)
www.ubuntu.com (Web)
www.ubuntu.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2024-12-02
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
puppet 2.6.11

References

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