# CVE-2011-3848: 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 Si

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-10-27 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2314
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00033.html
- https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-announce/browse_thread/thread/e57ce2740feb9406
- https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2011-3848
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1217-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46628

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