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CVE-2011-3869

Impact:: Moderate
Public Date:: 2011-09-30

Bugzilla:: 742645: CVE-2011-3869 puppet: K5login content attack

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.6.x before 2.6.11, and 0.25.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the .k5login file.

Find out more about CVE-2011-3869 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score	4.6
Base Metrics	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform	Package	State
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1	puppet	Will not fix
Red Hat CloudForms Tools 1	puppet	Will not fix

External References

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3869/

Last Modified 2018-07-18T09:18:41+00:00

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