CVE-2011-3870

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2011-09-30
Bugzilla:
742644: CVE-2011-3870 puppet: SSH authorized_keys symlink 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 modify the permissions of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the SSH authorized_keys file.

Find out more about CVE-2011-3870 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 6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication Single
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

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

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the Puppet team for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Ricky Zhou as the original reporter.

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