Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in Puppet 2.6.x before 2.6.10 and 2.7.x before 2.7.4 allows remote attackers to write X.509 Certificate Signing Request (CSR) to arbitrary locations via (1) a double-encoded key parameter in the URI in 2.7.x, (2) the CN in the Subject of a CSR in 2.6 and 0.25.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
Mailing List vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00033.html
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/e57ce2740feb9406
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1217-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/46628
Scores
EPSS
0.0112
EPSS Percentile
62.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (14)
puppet/puppet
2.6.0
puppet/puppet
2.6.1
puppet/puppet
2.6.2
puppet/puppet
2.6.3
puppet/puppet
2.6.4
puppet/puppet
2.6.5
puppet/puppet
2.6.6
puppet/puppet
2.6.7
puppet/puppet
2.6.8
puppet/puppet
2.6.9
... and 4 more
Published
Oct 27, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026