puppet: Insecure temporary file use for NET::Telnet connection log (/tmp/out.log)
Published Jun 27, 2012
3.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.40%
Description
telnet.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.13 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) 1.2.x, 2.0.x, and 2.5.x before 2.5.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the NET::Telnet connection log (/tmp/out.log).
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 2.7.3
- 2.7.4
- 2.7.5
- 2.7.6
- 2.7.8
- 2.7.9
- 2.7.10
- 2.7.11
- 2.7.12
- 2.7.0
- 2.7.1
Configuration 2
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.2
- 2.5.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1
puppet
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 | puppet | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00402) | 32.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.40% (0.00402) | 31.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00094) | 24.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (19)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-05/msg00012.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13606 x_refsource_MISC
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.7.13 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49136 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1989 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=837339 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74797 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49 Advisory
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/puppet/CVE-2012-1989.yml
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1989
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120415105345/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1989
- https://www.puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1989-arbitrary-file-write-access
Change history (0)
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