GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: rubygems — Puppet allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack
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).
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-1989 is rated Low Risk (23/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-17 | 0.04% | 0.09% | +0.05% |
| 2 | 2023-03-07 | 1.28% | 0.04% | -1.24% |
| 3 | 2022-02-04 | — | 1.28% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 2.0 | LOW |
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3.9 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
GHSA-c5qq-g673-5p49 · Severity: low · Ecosystem: rubygems — Puppet allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2012-1989 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1989 |
gentoo
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high | CVE-2012-1989: 1 GLSA(s) (201208-02), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/puppet); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-1989 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1989 |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2012-1989 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 3, ignored 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1989 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.3 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.4 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.5 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.6 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.8 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.9 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.10 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.11 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet | 2.7.12 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppetlabs | puppet | 2.7.0 | cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppetlabs | puppet | 2.7.1 | cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 1.2.4 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 2.0.0 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 2.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 2.0.2 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| puppet | puppet_enterprise | 2.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |