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CVE-2012-1988

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 and file-creation permissions on the puppet master to execute arbitrary commands by creating a file whose full pathname contains shell metacharacters, then performing a filebucket request.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-1988 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from puppet, from puppet, from fedoraproject and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2012, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2012-05-29T20:55:08.243

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

6.8

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-78

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	puppet	puppet	< 2.6.15	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet	< 2.7.13	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	< 2.5.1	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	1.0	Yes
Application	puppet	puppet_enterprise	1.1	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	15	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	16	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	17	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	6.0	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	10.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	11.10	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13518 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1988/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/48789 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/49136 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/81309 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74796 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305 Broken Link ([email protected])
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13518 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1988/ Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/48789 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/49136 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/81309 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74796 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For puppet's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.