CVE-2012-3866 Puppet allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information

What is CVE-2012-3866?

CVE-2012-3866 is a low-severity vulnerability in Puppet Puppet Enterprise, published on 6 Aug 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

lib/puppet/defaults.rb in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.18, and Puppet Enterprise before 2.5.2, uses 0644 permissions for last_run_report.yaml, which allows local users to obtain sensitive configuration information by leveraging access to the puppet master server to read this file.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3866?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including puppet. It affects 3 products.

Products include Puppet Puppet, Puppet Puppet Enterprise, Puppetlabs Puppet.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3866?

Upgrade puppet to 2.7.18 or later.

Is CVE-2012-3866 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3866, GHSA-8jxj-9r5f-w3m2.