CVE-2012-1988: Puppet Arbitrary Command Execution

CVE-2012-1988 · Severity: info · Published 2022-05-14

Puppet Arbitrary Command Execution

Technologies: puppet (RubyGems). Vendors: RubyGems.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2012-1988 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2012-1988 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2012-1988?
Informational severity, published 14 May 2022.
Which products and versions are affected?
puppet (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.6.0,fixed=2.6.15.
Is there a fix for CVE-2012-1988?
Yes. puppet (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.6.15 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2012-1988?
Check whether you run puppet (RubyGems) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • puppet (RubyGems): upgrade to 2.6.15 or later
    bundle update puppet

Affected products

  • puppet (RubyGems) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=2.6.0,fixed=2.6.15

Identifiers

  • CVE-2012-1988
  • GHSA-6xxq-j39w-g3f6

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