6.3 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/91e3b46d2328a1cb
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068053.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068061.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-October/068093.html
secunia.com/advisories/46458
www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-1
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1223-2
puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3869