Puppet allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack (GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49)
Published: 2017-10-24T18:33:38Z
Aliases: CVE-2012-1989
Severity: LOW · CWE: 

`telnet.rb` in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the NET::Telnet connection log (`/tmp/out.log`).

Affected packages:
package: ecosystem: RubyGems
name: puppet
ranges: type: ECOSYSTEM
events: introduced: 2.7.1
fixed: 2.7.13