CVE-2012-1906 - Disproportionate Dump

Description

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 uses predictable file names when installing Mac OS X packages from a remote source which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or install arbitrary packages via a symlink attack on a temporary file in /tmp.

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975 http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13260 http://secunia.com/advisories/48789 http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451 http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1 http://secunia.com/advisories/48743 http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1906/ http://secunia.com/advisories/48748 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74793