CVE-2012-1989

Name	CVE-2012-1989
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).
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
puppet (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	3.7.2-4+deb8u1	fixed
	stretch	4.8.2-5	fixed
	buster	5.5.10-4	fixed
	bullseye	5.5.22-2	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
puppet	source	squeeze	(not affected)
puppet	source	(unstable)	2.7.13-1

[squeeze] - puppet <not-affected> (Only affects 2.7.x)