CVE-2010-0156

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') in gem/puppet

Identifiers

GHSA-vrh7-99jh-3fmm, CVE-2010-0156

Package Slug

gem/puppet

Vulnerability

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Description

Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file.

Affected Versions

All versions starting from 0.24.0 before 0.24.9, all versions starting from 0.25.0 before 0.25.2

Solution

Upgrade to versions 0.24.9, 0.25.2 or above.

Last Modified

2024-02-07

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