CVE-2012-1906

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-05-29 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.15 and 2.7.x before 2.7.13, and Puppet Enterprise (PE) Users 1.0, 1.1, 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.

Affected products

Puppet Agent: 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2, 2.6.3, 2.6.4, 2.6.5 (+19)
Puppet Enterprise: 2.5.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4 (+3)
Puppetlabs Puppet: 2.7.0, 2.7.1
Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users: 1.0, 1.1

References

http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/
http://secunia.com/advisories/48743
http://secunia.com/advisories/48748
http://secunia.com/advisories/48789
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74793
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/
http://secunia.com/advisories/48743

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