CVE-2012-3866
lowpriority · track · 8EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
lib/puppet/defaults.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, uses 0644 permissions for last_run_report.yaml, which allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging access to the puppet master server to read this file.
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affected products (19)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-8jxj-9r5f-w3m2Puppet allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information2017-10-24ghsa · osvUS
`lib/puppet/defaults.rb` in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, uses 0644 permissions for `last_run_report.yaml`, which allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging access to the puppet master server to read this file.
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references (22)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00036.htmlcnnvd
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3866/cnnvd
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-3867/Patchcnnvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50014cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2511cnnvd
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1506-1cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=839135cnnvd
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/fd44bf5e6d0d360f6a493d663b653c121fa83c3fcnnvd
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