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CVE-2011-3869

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Date: October 27, 2011

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file. Converted from WS-2017-0163, on 2022-11-08.

Language: Ruby

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Related Resources (15)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2011-3869.yml
http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/7d4c169df84fc7bbeb2941bf995a63470f71bdbd
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/2775c21ae48e189950dbea5e7b4d1d9fa2aca41c
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3869
http://secunia.com/advisories/46458
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3869
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-3869

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Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-59

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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