First published: Thu Oct 27 2011(Updated: )
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.6.0 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.6.1 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.6.2 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.6.3 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.6.4 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.6.5 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.6.6 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.6.7 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.6.8 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.6.9 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.7.2 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.7.3 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.7.0 | |
Puppet by Puppet Labs | =2.7.1 |
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CVE-2011-3848 has been assigned a medium severity rating due to the potential for unauthorized access to sensitive files.
To fix CVE-2011-3848, upgrade Puppet to version 2.6.10 or 2.7.4 or later.
Puppet versions 2.6.0 through 2.6.9 and 2.7.0 through 2.7.3 are affected by CVE-2011-3848.
CVE-2011-3848 is a directory traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to write data to arbitrary locations.
Yes, CVE-2011-3848 can be exploited remotely by attackers using crafted requests.