CVE-2012-1987
First published: Tue May 29 2012(Updated: )
A vulnerability in 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 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys to **(1)** cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a REST request to a stream that triggers a thread block, as demonstrated using CVE-2012-1986 and `/dev/random`; or **(2)** cause a denial of service (filesystem consumption) via crafted REST requests that use "a marshaled form of a `Puppet::FileBucket::File object`" to write to arbitrary file locations.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| rubygems/puppet | >=2.7.0<2.7.13 | 2.7.13 |
| rubygems/puppet | >=2.6.0<2.6.15 | 2.6.15 |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.0 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.1 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.2 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.3 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.4 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.5 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.6 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.7 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.8 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.9 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.10 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.11 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.12 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.13 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.6.14 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.7.2 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.7.3 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.7.4 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.7.5 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.7.6 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.7.7 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.7.8 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.7.9 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.7.10 | |
| Puppet Puppet | =2.7.11 | |
| Puppet Puppet Enterprise | =2.5.0 | |
| Puppetlabs Puppet | =2.7.0 | |
| Puppetlabs Puppet | =2.7.1 | |
| Puppet Puppet Enterprise | =1.2.0 | |
| Puppet Puppet Enterprise | =1.2.1 | |
| Puppet Puppet Enterprise | =1.2.2 | |
| Puppet Puppet Enterprise | =1.2.3 | |
| Puppet Puppet Enterprise | =1.2.4 | |
| Puppet Puppet Enterprise | =2.0.0 | |
| Puppet Puppet Enterprise | =2.0.1 | |
| Puppet Puppet Enterprise | =2.0.2 | |
| Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users | =1.0 | |
| Puppetlabs Puppet Enterprise Users | =1.1 | |
| debian/puppet | 5.5.10-4 5.5.22-2 |
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Reference Links
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1987
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74794
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/0d6d29933e613fe177e9235415919a5428db67bc
- https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/commit/568ded50ec6cc498ad32ff7f086d9f73b5d24c14
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120415105345/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120513213318/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13553
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120513224202/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13552
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121005145241/http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160808163232/https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1987/
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799 (Advisory)
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-1987.yml
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13552
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13553
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1987/
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1987/hotfixes/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48743
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48748
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48789
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49136
- http://www.osvdb.org/81308
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1987
- collector/security-tracker-debian
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/type
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/author
- agent/weakness
- agent/description
- collector/nvd-cve
- source/NVD
- agent/software-canonical-lookup
- collector/github-advisory-latest
- source/GitHub
- alias/GHSA-v58w-6xc2-w799
- alias/CVE-2012-1987
- agent/softwarecombine
- collector/github-advisory
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/trending
- package-manager/debian
- vendor/puppet
- canonical/puppet puppet
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.0
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.1
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.2
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.3
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.4
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.5
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- version/puppet puppet/2.6.8
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.9
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.10
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.11
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.12
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.13
- version/puppet puppet/2.6.14
- version/puppet puppet/2.7.2
- version/puppet puppet/2.7.3
- version/puppet puppet/2.7.4
- version/puppet puppet/2.7.5
- version/puppet puppet/2.7.6
- version/puppet puppet/2.7.7
- version/puppet puppet/2.7.8
- version/puppet puppet/2.7.9
- version/puppet puppet/2.7.10
- version/puppet puppet/2.7.11
- canonical/puppet puppet enterprise
- version/puppet puppet enterprise/2.5.0
- vendor/puppetlabs
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- version/puppetlabs puppet/2.7.0
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- version/puppet puppet enterprise/1.2.0
- version/puppet puppet enterprise/1.2.1
- version/puppet puppet enterprise/1.2.2
- version/puppet puppet enterprise/1.2.3
- version/puppet puppet enterprise/1.2.4
- version/puppet puppet enterprise/2.0.0
- version/puppet puppet enterprise/2.0.1
- version/puppet puppet enterprise/2.0.2
- canonical/puppetlabs puppet enterprise users
- version/puppetlabs puppet enterprise users/1.0
- version/puppetlabs puppet enterprise users/1.1
- package-manager/rubygems