Arbitrary Code Execution and File Manipulation Vulnerability in Puppet

CVE-2011-3871 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:H/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x, when running in --edit mode, uses a predictable file name, which allows local users to run arbitrary Puppet code or trick a user into editing arbitrary files.

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