Red Hat OpenStack Essex and Folsom creates the /var/log/puppet directory with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as Puppet log files.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-29-1 puppet security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-5987 Red Hat OpenStack Essex and Folsom creates the /var/log/puppet directory with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as Puppet log files.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:28:38.638Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2012-6120

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2013-04-10T15:55:04.780

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

Link: CVE-2012-6120

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-09-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-6120 - Bugzilla

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