CVE-2012-6120

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-09-17
Bugzilla:
908629: CVE-2012-6120 Puppet: Directory /var/log/puppet is world readable

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2012-6120 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
OpenStack Folsom (puppet) RHSA-2013:0710 2013-04-04

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 puppet Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1.3 puppet Will not fix
Red Hat CloudForms Tools 1 puppet Will not fix

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