CVE-2013-4761

N/A Unknown
Published: August 20, 2013 Modified: April 29, 2026
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Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.23 and 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and Puppet Enterprise 2.8.x before 2.8.3 and 3.0.x before 3.0.1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Ruby programs from the master via the resource_type service. NOTE: this vulnerability can only be exploited utilizing unspecified "local file system access" to the Puppet Master.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00009.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-01/msg00009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4761/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1283.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1284.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2761
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
70th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

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