Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.

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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2419-1 puppet security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-1091 Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.14 and 2.7.x before 2.7.11, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x before 2.0.3, when managing a user login file with the k5login resource type, allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on .k5login.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1372-1 Puppet vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:45:27.072Z

Reserved: 2012-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-1054

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-05-29T20:55:07.133

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-1054

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2012-02-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-1054 - Bugzilla

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