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CVE-2013-4969

Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users

Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.

LOW · CVSS 2.1 EPSS 0.00038
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  • No active-exploitation, high-EPSS, or public-exploit signals - routine patching cadence
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Weakness Classification

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
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Affected Products & Versions

6
puppetlabs puppet>= 3.0.0 and <= 3.3.2
puppetlabs puppet>= 3.4.0 and < 3.4.1
puppet enterprise>= 2.0.0 and < 2.8.4
puppet enterprise>= 3.1 and < 3.1.1
debian linuxall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

2.1
LOW · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Published to NVD07 Jan 2014 · 06:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

2
suse-csafsuse-ru-2015_0696-1
usnUSN-2077-1
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References & Sources

5
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56253Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/56254Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1Third Party Advisory
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