| Name | CVE-2012-6120 |
| Description | Red Hat OpenStack Essex and Folsom creates the /var/log/puppet directory with world-readable permissions, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information such as Puppet log files. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-29-1 |
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 | 2.6.2-5+squeeze10 | | DLA-29-1 | |
| puppet | source | (unstable) | 2.6.4-2 | | | |
Notes
[squeeze] - puppet <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
puppet-common postinst in unstable sets dpkg-statoverride --update --add puppet puppet 0750 /var/log/puppet
After starting puppetmaster permissions on directory are restricted