Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 27, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2011-3848
CVE-2011-3848
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.
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Affected products
15cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
- cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: <2.6.10, <2.7.4
Patches
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References
6- groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/e57ce2740feb9406nvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/46628nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00033.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1217-1nvd
- puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848nvd
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